Researchers claim to have re-discovered forgotten meanings in UK buildings

The Coronation Pavement, also known as the Cosmati Pavement, at Westminster Abbey in central London, which researchers say is a slice through a rhombic dodecahedron intended to show harmony (Jonathan Brady/ PA) - (PA Archive)

Researchers claim to have re-discovered forgotten meanings contained within historic architecture, including at Westminster Abbey – and say the discovery could be “massive” for the UK’s tourism industry.

Heritage consultants James Wenn and James Syrett say knowledge about these meanings appeared to decline around the time of the First World War, when aristocrats who knew about them were sent to fight and die in the trenches.