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[–] Madison420@lemmy.world 1 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

Really makes you wonder if England invested in halon fire suppression for ely cathedral, like a solid 70% of the roof structure is intricately decorated wood.

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ely_Cathedral_by_night_-_Looking_down_the_nave.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ely_Cathedral_by_night-_transept_roof.jpg#mw-jump-to-license

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ely_Cathedral_interior_2024-03-15_-_17.jpg#mw-jump-to-license

All wood including the fan vaulting and the entire transcept octagon which btw is walkable and has hidden doors that originally hid a choir that would appear from seemingly nowhere.