Vampire Rabbit
This elaborate doorway is hidden round the back of St Nicholas’ Cathedral. I never knew it existed until I’d lived here for years, and didn’t find it for a while after that. Well worth exploring to find.
And noone knows for sure why the rabbit at the top is a vampire rabbit.
First time I knew of it was on a photo on Flickr. On my second visit to Newcastle, my boyfriend and I went on the hunt for it! It was good fun! Such a mistery, and such a pity we’ll never know what it means!
Thanks for the pic!
What a gorgeous building this is! I have never seen the Vampire Rabbit all my years living in Newcastle- my kids would have loved to have seen this. Is the building painted pink? Either way…just fabulous….one of life’s little mysteries.
We have had a fair few discussions about the origin of the “Vampire Rabbit” on our SkyskraperCity Newcastle Forum, so far, without total success!!
http:/http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=1024187&page=2/www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?p=53113093
SORRY,
Made a bit of a mess with the above links!!
These (below) should now work!
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?p=53113093 (Post 74 onward)
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=1024187&page=2 (Post 39 onward)