Dr James Alexander Cameron
@drjacameron.stainedglassattitudes.com
Freelance art and architectural historian with focus on English medieval churches but love poking around all buildings.
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has this thing been milkshake-ducked yet? well here I am in the outer rim under the squashed-dog people
February 9, 2026 at 10:09 PM
has this thing been milkshake-ducked yet? well here I am in the outer rim under the squashed-dog people
The biggest chancel (33.5 m) is Newcastle, St Nicolas (now the cathedral), fully aisled. But one does wonder if they had a Lady chapel at the end under a full-height roof like York and really the category of chancel doesn't quite work for the whole thing. But man, it's such a boring building
February 9, 2026 at 9:48 PM
The biggest chancel (33.5 m) is Newcastle, St Nicolas (now the cathedral), fully aisled. But one does wonder if they had a Lady chapel at the end under a full-height roof like York and really the category of chancel doesn't quite work for the whole thing. But man, it's such a boring building
Calculating volume still beyond me but I am working on it. I do hope eventually to work out volumes both with and without towers above the nave roof plate. Boston is interesting as while the nave is massive, the chancel is beaten in length by 7 other buildings, and it's got no flanking chapels
February 9, 2026 at 9:35 PM
Calculating volume still beyond me but I am working on it. I do hope eventually to work out volumes both with and without towers above the nave roof plate. Boston is interesting as while the nave is massive, the chancel is beaten in length by 7 other buildings, and it's got no flanking chapels
bulked out my big parish church collection with bunch of newcomers today, and also found good solution how to calculate their areas: making a top-down orthographic shot, select by alpha, and counting pixels in a histogram.
Turns out Great Yarmouth is the biggest by that metric: surprise surprise
Turns out Great Yarmouth is the biggest by that metric: surprise surprise
February 9, 2026 at 9:21 PM
bulked out my big parish church collection with bunch of newcomers today, and also found good solution how to calculate their areas: making a top-down orthographic shot, select by alpha, and counting pixels in a histogram.
Turns out Great Yarmouth is the biggest by that metric: surprise surprise
Turns out Great Yarmouth is the biggest by that metric: surprise surprise
was only nominated archbishop a couple of weeks ago too. off to a great start accepting a guy who I saw screenshotted posting some holocaust denial the other day
February 6, 2026 at 6:37 PM
was only nominated archbishop a couple of weeks ago too. off to a great start accepting a guy who I saw screenshotted posting some holocaust denial the other day
still. cool pic. he's what you can see through his legs
February 6, 2026 at 3:04 PM
still. cool pic. he's what you can see through his legs
alas like so many high-level work photos, this one is a bit of a cheat. he is not on the high roof of the church, he's on the top of the W tower, where the public can climb today, and he's got his foot on the stair turret on the SW corner so he can shoot over the balustrade. He can't fall anywhere.
February 6, 2026 at 3:01 PM
alas like so many high-level work photos, this one is a bit of a cheat. he is not on the high roof of the church, he's on the top of the W tower, where the public can climb today, and he's got his foot on the stair turret on the SW corner so he can shoot over the balustrade. He can't fall anywhere.
dudes rock
February 6, 2026 at 2:57 PM
dudes rock
So following the proportions of Aachen Dom, here's the massing of the long-lost Carolingian rotunda of the Burges Burg, destroyed 1184 and replaced with a standard Romanesque basilica. It is basically marked out on the pavement today (the successor church isn't)
(trees off)
(trees off)
February 3, 2026 at 2:58 PM
So following the proportions of Aachen Dom, here's the massing of the long-lost Carolingian rotunda of the Burges Burg, destroyed 1184 and replaced with a standard Romanesque basilica. It is basically marked out on the pavement today (the successor church isn't)
(trees off)
(trees off)
yes, there is also a 10thc emulation of the Palatine Chapel of Aachen excavated under the square pavement, in which Count Charles "the Good" was murdered 2 March 1127 by knights acting on behalf of the embittered Erembald family he was feuding with.
i may also have a crack at rebuilding this
i may also have a crack at rebuilding this
February 2, 2026 at 11:01 PM
yes, there is also a 10thc emulation of the Palatine Chapel of Aachen excavated under the square pavement, in which Count Charles "the Good" was murdered 2 March 1127 by knights acting on behalf of the embittered Erembald family he was feuding with.
i may also have a crack at rebuilding this
i may also have a crack at rebuilding this
seems you used to be able to just go to the new-build hotel and see the remains of the both the Carolingian rotunda and cathedral E arm from the 1955-6 and 1987-9 excavations respectively, but they cracked down on it and you can only go in with official city guides. boo
archive.md/yxebZ
archive.md/yxebZ
February 2, 2026 at 10:25 PM
seems you used to be able to just go to the new-build hotel and see the remains of the both the Carolingian rotunda and cathedral E arm from the 1955-6 and 1987-9 excavations respectively, but they cracked down on it and you can only go in with official city guides. boo
archive.md/yxebZ
archive.md/yxebZ
over the east arm of the former Cathedral is now the Crowne Plaza Hotel, built 1991-2. Not really sure what was there before. Not much comparing to this early 20thc postcard?
February 2, 2026 at 10:15 PM
over the east arm of the former Cathedral is now the Crowne Plaza Hotel, built 1991-2. Not really sure what was there before. Not much comparing to this early 20thc postcard?
does seem tbh it wasn't that big even compared to the other churches in Bruges, including the current church that serves as cathedral, St Salvator, since the diocese was revived in 1834.
February 2, 2026 at 10:07 PM
does seem tbh it wasn't that big even compared to the other churches in Bruges, including the current church that serves as cathedral, St Salvator, since the diocese was revived in 1834.
took me ages but finally got a plan of the archaeology of the Burg in Bruges to find the exact spot of the Sint-Donaaskerk, raised to a cathedral in 1559 and demolished for materials 1799-1800.
Now I've got a bit ambitious and have tried to rebuild it
Now I've got a bit ambitious and have tried to rebuild it
February 2, 2026 at 9:47 PM
took me ages but finally got a plan of the archaeology of the Burg in Bruges to find the exact spot of the Sint-Donaaskerk, raised to a cathedral in 1559 and demolished for materials 1799-1800.
Now I've got a bit ambitious and have tried to rebuild it
Now I've got a bit ambitious and have tried to rebuild it
Huge drop of new G-Earth 3D in the UK today... basically the Peak District, and Shrewsbury (the latter not surprising since there's been a sliver over the hospital area for a while, but very welcome)
However, the "Lichfield gap" looks more ridiculous than ever now. c'mon! really??
However, the "Lichfield gap" looks more ridiculous than ever now. c'mon! really??
February 2, 2026 at 7:31 PM
Huge drop of new G-Earth 3D in the UK today... basically the Peak District, and Shrewsbury (the latter not surprising since there's been a sliver over the hospital area for a while, but very welcome)
However, the "Lichfield gap" looks more ridiculous than ever now. c'mon! really??
However, the "Lichfield gap" looks more ridiculous than ever now. c'mon! really??
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January 30, 2026 at 9:21 PM
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persevered despite the looming takeover and the best I could do is this. The upload algorithm seems to combine a bunch of material-associated components so their textures don't display. i guess G-Earth rips are just too janky to deal with
I might just do a photogram of Antwerp and sack off the rest
I might just do a photogram of Antwerp and sack off the rest
January 27, 2026 at 9:51 PM
persevered despite the looming takeover and the best I could do is this. The upload algorithm seems to combine a bunch of material-associated components so their textures don't display. i guess G-Earth rips are just too janky to deal with
I might just do a photogram of Antwerp and sack off the rest
I might just do a photogram of Antwerp and sack off the rest
This is what was there, this c.1898 warehouse. Demolished 2016 for a 37-storey luxury flats block, which has since fallen through and a new company want to build... yes, PBSA (Purpose-Built Student Accommodation!!). They've had to make it look "nice" while they get planning permission
January 24, 2026 at 11:15 AM
This is what was there, this c.1898 warehouse. Demolished 2016 for a 37-storey luxury flats block, which has since fallen through and a new company want to build... yes, PBSA (Purpose-Built Student Accommodation!!). They've had to make it look "nice" while they get planning permission
Separate but related, a little bit further up the MSJ&AR viaduct I went to have a look at the site of the 37-storey "skinnyscraper" that it did look like there was site preparation for a few years ago. Weirdly it now has a huge fence around freshly-laid turf, which people chuck rubbish into. Great.
January 24, 2026 at 11:15 AM
Separate but related, a little bit further up the MSJ&AR viaduct I went to have a look at the site of the 37-storey "skinnyscraper" that it did look like there was site preparation for a few years ago. Weirdly it now has a huge fence around freshly-laid turf, which people chuck rubbish into. Great.
And view from the W side, where you can see the River Medlock wing survives up to parapet height
January 23, 2026 at 9:39 PM
And view from the W side, where you can see the River Medlock wing survives up to parapet height
bit late but finally went to see the ruin of this. It looks really precarious in parts. of course they can just demolish it because /who cares/
January 23, 2026 at 9:01 PM
bit late but finally went to see the ruin of this. It looks really precarious in parts. of course they can just demolish it because /who cares/
i was also pleased to hear "Orienteering with Napalm Death" was (briefly) an official WWE finishing move.
(Napalm Death's membership is very complicated, they have no original members, Stew orienteered with Daryl Fedeski, Simon Oppenheimer and Miles Ratledge who left before the debut album Scum)
(Napalm Death's membership is very complicated, they have no original members, Stew orienteered with Daryl Fedeski, Simon Oppenheimer and Miles Ratledge who left before the debut album Scum)
January 21, 2026 at 10:21 PM
i was also pleased to hear "Orienteering with Napalm Death" was (briefly) an official WWE finishing move.
(Napalm Death's membership is very complicated, they have no original members, Stew orienteered with Daryl Fedeski, Simon Oppenheimer and Miles Ratledge who left before the debut album Scum)
(Napalm Death's membership is very complicated, they have no original members, Stew orienteered with Daryl Fedeski, Simon Oppenheimer and Miles Ratledge who left before the debut album Scum)
I don't interact with this stuff, but it keeps showing up. You click "I don't want to see this" but you still get more of it.
January 21, 2026 at 9:03 PM
I don't interact with this stuff, but it keeps showing up. You click "I don't want to see this" but you still get more of it.
People go on about how awful Twitter/X is, and it is absolutely beyond even maintaining a presence on, but Facebook shoves loads of hateful content at me on my burner account. Just looking now I got endless hatred at this 23-year-old woman from Wales who works in health, and pure Holocaust denial.
January 21, 2026 at 8:52 PM
People go on about how awful Twitter/X is, and it is absolutely beyond even maintaining a presence on, but Facebook shoves loads of hateful content at me on my burner account. Just looking now I got endless hatred at this 23-year-old woman from Wales who works in health, and pure Holocaust denial.
actually have a photogram of the interior of Carlisle. The way the masonry bulges out is amazing, but arguable York is even worse
January 21, 2026 at 8:23 PM
actually have a photogram of the interior of Carlisle. The way the masonry bulges out is amazing, but arguable York is even worse