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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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
Since in G-Earth the tower is covered in scaffolding and pretty useless for illustrating the W tower, but I uploaded a comp of Utrecht the other day, that also shows the plan of the nave, which collapsed in a tremendously powerful storm in 1674.
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Utrecht Cathedral - Download Free 3D model by DrJACameron
Composite of two G Earth rips (to have a version with no scaffolding on east end or tower), with plan of the nave, demolished 1674. - Utrecht Cathedral - Download Free 3D model by DrJACameron
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February 6, 2026 at 3:06 PM
Since in G-Earth the tower is covered in scaffolding and pretty useless for illustrating the W tower, but I uploaded a comp of Utrecht the other day, that also shows the plan of the nave, which collapsed in a tremendously powerful storm in 1674.
skfb.ly/pGn8H
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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.
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.
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January 30, 2026 at 9:21 PM
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whoo! managed to get my recreation of the Low-Countries-prodigy super-tall tower that's covered in scaffolding in G-Earth up.
Also included is the megalomaniacal 1521 plan to expand the choir into a quadruple ambulatory to try and bring it in line with cathedrals in Habsburg Spain.
skfb.ly/pFTNA
Also included is the megalomaniacal 1521 plan to expand the choir into a quadruple ambulatory to try and bring it in line with cathedrals in Habsburg Spain.
skfb.ly/pFTNA
Antwerp, Our Lady (Cathedral) - Download Free 3D model by DrJACameron
Straight rip of G-Earth geometry, but because the N tower was fully entombed in scaffolding from 2019 and gradually removed by the end of 2022 and the G-Earth capture was done 28 April 2022 when most ...
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January 30, 2026 at 8:50 PM
whoo! managed to get my recreation of the Low-Countries-prodigy super-tall tower that's covered in scaffolding in G-Earth up.
Also included is the megalomaniacal 1521 plan to expand the choir into a quadruple ambulatory to try and bring it in line with cathedrals in Habsburg Spain.
skfb.ly/pFTNA
Also included is the megalomaniacal 1521 plan to expand the choir into a quadruple ambulatory to try and bring it in line with cathedrals in Habsburg Spain.
skfb.ly/pFTNA
ah ha! worked out how make a new UV and bake the hundreds of tiles into one texture via Cycles so sketchfab will accept it
Bish bash BOSCH
skfb.ly/pFTrZ
Bish bash BOSCH
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's-Hergotenbosch, St John - 3D model by DrJACameron
's-Hergotenbosch, St John - 3D model by DrJACameron
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January 30, 2026 at 12:53 PM
ah ha! worked out how make a new UV and bake the hundreds of tiles into one texture via Cycles so sketchfab will accept it
Bish bash BOSCH
skfb.ly/pFTrZ
Bish bash BOSCH
skfb.ly/pFTrZ
DOING it
January 27, 2026 at 10:36 PM
DOING it
I think we're at the IP irony point where an obvious joke like "Never Say Never Say Never Again, Again" could actually be a legitimate production
January 27, 2026 at 10:34 PM
I think we're at the IP irony point where an obvious joke like "Never Say Never Say Never Again, Again" could actually be a legitimate production
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.