The Round Church
Norman round church modelled on Jerusalem's Holy Sepulchre, with eight massive columns and a conical roof.
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This guide to the Round Church in Cambridge, the twelfth-century Church of the Holy Sepulchre on Bridge Street, follows the young founders of the Cambridge Camden Society and the architect Anthony Salvin after part of the old building collapsed in eighteen forty-one. It asks how old the church in front of you really is, and touches on a vicar, a letter to The Times and a stone altar. Best heard outside by the outer aisle windows before stepping in among the columns.
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