Guess the Place

[grandarog]

East Kent ?

[John Walker]

Thank you Martin, another really interesting one from you.


Next one ...  on GSV - should be an easy one.

[MartinR]

Yes, you're both right.  The preserved painting is in the cathedral.  There used to be high backed quire stalls from the organ screen right up to the presbytery, cutting off the quire transepts.  When the Victorians removed these old seats they found some of the mediaeval wall painting behind which had been protected from the iconoclasts.  The Rota Fortunae ("Wheel of Life") is preserved in its present fragmentary form.  The bords though showed what the original decoration was and the restorers used this on the newly re-exposed walls.  The original medieval panels were preserved and are displayed in the south quire transept.  When the new station was opened the motif was used for a decoration.  However this caused a bit of a rumpus because it was held to be a religious image and upset someone.  Fortunately the dust has settled and it is a colourful augmentation to the concourse.

See https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rochester_Cathedral_Choir,_Kent,_UK_-_Diliff.jpg
Credit: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
Right John, over to you.

[grandarog]

Looks like a similar design mural at Rochester Modern Station.

[John Walker]

My guess is, Rochester Cathedral and the new Rochester Station?
I'm sure a slightly similar design is in some of the floor tiles in the cathedral but could be wrong.

[MartinR]

Keep going.
Hint: As well as the original, the decoration scheme has also been used in a railway station (visible on GSV).

[John Walker]

Chilham ?

[MartinR]

I think you may be a little confused.  The Black Knight could be several figures, most commonly it refers to Sir Ralph de Ashton (fl. 1421-1486) who served under Edward IV.  As far as I know he has no connection with Kent.  The Black Prince (aka Edward of Woodstock, 15 June 1330-8 June 1376), on the other hand, was the eldest son of Edward III and heir apparent.  He is buried in Canterbury Cathedral.
The image though has nothing to do with either the Black Prince or Canterbury.

[John Walker]

Anything to do with the Black Knight?

[MartinR]

Go west, young man (well to be accurate WNW).

[grandarog]

Is it on the wall at Walmer Castle???

[MartinR]

As promised, the full colour version.

[MartinR]

No, not the scouts.

[Beachbum]

Anything to do with the Boy Scout Symbol (fleur-de-lis)?

[MartinR]

No, not tiles