Description:Exterior view of the 13th century south doorway of Lichfield Cathedral with steps leading up from the roadway of the Close. The Ecclesiastical College stood opposite this door at the time of this photograph. The seven carved figures above are: Christ in the centre; on his right are Saint Chad, Saint James and John the Baptist; on his left Saint Peter, Saint John and the Virgin Mary.
This picture is from an album of photographs taken by Thomas Harvey Boycott (1876-1949) who lived with his widowed mother, Fanny Maria, whose family had lived at Handsacre Hall as farmers, together with his unmarried aunt, Sarah Elizabeth Harvey. Harvey was a Clerk at Lichfield District Probate Court and a skilled amateur photographer. The album was a parting gift from Harvey and his mother to the Rev. R.E. Grice-Hutchinson (1885-1976) who was Curate of Armitage with Pipe Ridware 1909-1913.