The largest church globally and a hallmark of the Catholic Church. It is built over Saint Peter's tomb, featuring works by ...

Others, like Northanger Abbey, were met with more confusion than enthusiasm. As a coming-of-age romance and a romantic satire ...

The Nave is at the western end of the Abbey and contains the graves and memorials of many famous people. When Henry III died in 1272 his magnificent new Gothic Abbey was not complete and so it ...

The carved shields in the eastern bays of the nave and in the choir aisles are traditionally those of individuals or families who were benefactors to the building of the new Gothic Abbey by Henry III, ...

Westminster Palace, rebuilt from the year 1840 on the site of important medieval remains, is a fine example of neo-Gothic architecture. The site – which also comprises the small medieval Church of ...

Dracula author Bram Stoker was inspired by the gothic architecture of Whitby Abbey Hundreds of "vampires" have been invited to descend on North Yorkshire in May in a bid to set a new record.