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Lichfield Cathedral out of straw

10/09/201207/28/2019 by Viola

A faithful farmer has built this replica of 12th century Lichfield Cathedral near his 250-acre sheep farm in Whittington, Staffordshire — A faithful farmer has built this replica of 12th century out of straw near his 250-acre sheep farm in Whittington, Staffordshire. Lichfield Cathedral out of straw

Lichfield Cathedral out of straw
A team of English farmers have built a scale model of the Cathedral – out of unusual material – straw. It took them three weeks to complete before it was unveiled yesterday. Farmer Rob Gray, 50, decided to build the replica of 12th century Lichfield Cathedral which is near his 250-acre sheep farm in Whittington, Staffordshire. The monument is exactly one fifth the size of the original – the only medieval English cathedral with three spires.

Incredibly, the monument is exactly one fifth the size of the original standing 50ft tall, 74ft long and 14ft wide — The monument is exactly one fifth the size of the original standing 50ft tall, 74ft long and 14ft wide

Rob used a crane to hoist the six half-tonne bales of circular straw onto the top of the model to make the famous three ‘Ladies of the Vale’ spires and buttresses. He said: ‘We wanted to do something special to mark the farm hosting the National Ploughing Championships and this is what we went for. We are pretty pleased with the result”.