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The knocker on the Cathedral’s northern door, known as the Sanctuary Knocker, played an important part in the Cathedral’s history. Those who ‘had committed a great offence,’ such as murder in self-defence or breaking out of prison, could rap the knocker, and would be given 37 days of sanctuary within which they could try to reconcile with their enemies or plan their escape.

Ancient green copper knocker on the door to Durham Cathedral.

elaborate door knocker (Sanctuary Knocker) on the main entry door to Durham Cathedral, Durham, UK

Oval shaped metal door knocker

Apfelweibla, Vintage doorknob on antique door, background. Famous knob with an old woman face from the tale of ETA Hoffmann in the city of Bamberg in Bavaria, Germany , Unesco world culture heritage

Door in a tenement house in the center of Krakow

Metal door knocker on old wooden door

Golden Knockers on Traditional Chinese Gate

Metal Gargoyle Door Knocker placed on the main door of Durham Cathedral

Close-up of traditional door knockers on the external door of an old-fashioned apartment building in Rome, Italy.

Durham Cathedral is a Norman building constructed between 1093 and 1133 in the Romanesque style. It was founded as a monastic cathedral built to house the shrine of St Cuthbert, replacing an earlier church constructed in his honour. Durham’s architectural value lies in the fact that it is the oldest surviving building with a stone vaulted ceiling of such a large scale. This may not seem remarkable today, but developing the know-how to roof large buildings with stone rather than wood shaped the course of European architecture from then on.

Carved ancient silver colored metal door knocker in the shape of a human hand. Sarria, Lugo province, Galicia, Spain.

Durham cathedral antique metal door knocker on antique wooden door

Old door knop made of brass with the form of a human head seen in one of the narrow streets in Venezia

The Sanctuary Knocker is an ornamental knocker on the door of a cathedral or church. Under medieval English common law, these instruments supposedly afforded the right of asylum to anybody who touched them.

Outside the front doors of Cologne Cathedral on the western side

medieval doorbell in a shape of snake. Prague. Czech, Europe

Antigua Guatemala has to have one of the most impressive collection of antique door knocker. The city was the capital of Guatemala from 1543 through 1773. At that period was created most of his Baroque-influenced architecture.

Antique handles with lion heads on the doors of the Assumption Cathedral of the Rostov Kremlin, 12th century

The lion head door knocker from the gate of the Residenzschloss Castle in Dresden, Germany

Medieval Handle on Church Door . Iron Forged Monster Face

Medieval Door Knocker.

Alexandre The Great Door Knocker Sculpture İzmir Urla

Durham, UK - 12 July, 2023: The Sanctuary Knocker on the northern door of Durham Cathedral, England

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Fragment of an old rusty iron door with a door knocker in the shape of a lion's head.

Lyon, France: Ornate Door Knocker Close-Up

Antique door knocker shaped like monster's head.

Ancient door handles in Rome

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