ST MARIE’S HIDDEN NATURE

© The Cathedral Church of St Marie, Sheffield 2020

EXTERIOR

Now, walk down Norfolk row towards the Crucible Theatre. As you reach Norfolk Street, look at the carved relief over the rear door to the Cathedral, which shows the Annunciation, the moment when the Archangel Gabriel invited the Virgin Mary to bring Christ into the world.

Go back outside the Cathedral and take a look at the stonework. There you will see fantastic animals, gargoyles and grotesques.

Grotesque on the exterior of the Cathedral Church of St Marie Grotesque on the exterior of the Cathedral Church of St Marie Grotesque on the exterior of the Cathedral Church of St Marie Grotesque on the exterior of the Cathedral Church of St Marie

You will see Gabriel is carrying a lily and there are lilies in the vase behind them, a symbol of Mary's purity, while the dove, representing the Holy Spirit, hovers above.

As you leave St Marie's, look up at the spire and you will see it is surmounted by a weather cock, the final piece of the hidden nature of Saint Marie's.

Relief showing the Annunciation onthe extior of St Marie's The Cathedral Church of St Marie The weathercock on the top of the spire of St Marie's Cathedral

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