week 17: Chapel at Lincoln's Inn

I've learnt a new word, or more accurately I suppose, I've learned a new meaning for a word I knew. Here in London, the word Inn don't just refer to a place which rents accommodation and sells food to travellers, but also used to refer to large houses of important persons whose business brings them to town. These Inns could  house the magnates and their retinue. These buildings were not always occupied and due to their proximity to the (legal) courts, they were often used as shared accommodation for legal students while not in use by its owner. As time went by some of these Inns became places of legal education and 4 of them became known as the Inns of Court. 

This photo is of the vaulted open crypt under the chapel at Lincoln's Inn. So much of London's beauty lies in the incredible architecture and attention to detail on the older buildings. This chapel for example is almost 600 years old.

This photo has been perspective adjusted to correct the skewed right angle - happening because it was take from a side angle to get the vaulted roof to show through. But the stairs still shows it side on and the faces look to the left. I'm going to have to spend some more time working out how to fix all of that next time. Otherwise not much done, oh and I've dodged the darker areas on the inside to show more of the details.