Here is a photograph of some interesting chimney stacks and rooftops from the Cathedral Close in Salisbury, Wiltshire. I think the ones with the arches are pretty unusual. I also like the striped rooftop of the building on the right. It was nice being able to find some attractive rooftops to photograph which weren’t adorned with antennae and satellite dishes!
I photographed these buildings whilst visiting Salisbury Cathedral yesterday afternoon in order to look at the sculpture of Sean Henry which is being displayed inside and outside the Cathedral until the end of October. His work is really rather good and it was wonderful being able to see a variety of his sculptures.
Images of the exhibition can be found on the Salisbury Cathedral website. The Cathedral itself is a beautiful place to visit.
The Lantern Room 
great shapes and colours – cool shot!
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Thank you Sheila! I love rooftop and chimney images; there’s something about them that reminds me of my childhood. Weird.
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How interesting.Both the color and the material are balanced.
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Thank you Cocomino. Yes – I liked the balance in colours and materials too. All the different parts of these separate buildings make a sympathetic whole picture 🙂
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You’re so right – every time I see a scene like this, someone has stuck a satellite dish in the middle of it 🙂
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Yes – or telephone or electricity wires are draped across the front. This made a nice refreshing change 🙂
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Nice contrast between bricks and the sky.
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Thank you Mike! I thought afterwards that it would have probably been more striking without the clouds but then thought perhaps they could represent smoke! Imagination can take one a bit far sometimes 🙂
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Nice composition. I love the color of the tile roofs and bricks against the blue sky.
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Thank you David. I moved around a lot to get all the stacks in the picture. I’d tried to photograph the arched stacks before but they didn’t come out too well.
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Want to write a story around these chimney stacks! I visited Salisbury Cathedral many years ago (along with Stonehenge) on a very misty moody day. Thanks for sharing.
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I’ve always found chimney stacks fascinating! Salisbury Cathedral and Stonehenge look great on misty moody days. I have images of each place which I posted: here is Salisbury Cathedral on a bright but misty day: https://thelanternroom.wordpress.com/2011/04/24/impressionist-cathedral/ and here is Stonehenge on the day of the Summer Solstice: https://thelanternroom.wordpress.com/2011/06/21/the-stones/ 🙂
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Lovely. 🙂
I wonder if the overlooking view from the cathederal was taken into account when these pretty chimneys and the colourful roof were built. 🙂
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Thank you! I wonder. There are all types of lovely, characterful buildings in the close which surrounds the Cathedral. Salisbury Museum, Sarum College, and Sir Edward Heath’s former home are amongst them.
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I wonder if the commonest wind in Salisbury comes in from either right or left of the picture? If so, maybe the arches are to do with preventing wind backing up smoke from the chimneys (see the alignment of the cowls on the nearby chimney for further circumstantial evidence!) Lovely picture- I really liked the striped roof at the back in particular.
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Ah – I wonder if that is what they were designed to do!
I’m pleased you like the image; thank you! I also love that stripey roof – such character and beauty.
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