The long central aisle is oriented east-west, with the entrance at the east. At the west end is the nave with the altar and prayer benches. At the east end is the choir. Two transepts near the nave have secondary altars, and also serve as areas where prominent local people and church officials can be buried.
Over the centuries, the cathedral survived many potential disasters. During the Protestant Reformation and then the Civil War, Cromwell closed all the Catholic cathedrals in England, the statues of saints were torn down, and the painted walls depicting popes and saints were painted over. Most of the stained glass windows were broken—the Golden Window survived only because it was too high for the stone-throwing mob to reach.
During the Monmouth Rebellion in , a squadron of rebel cavalry used the cathedral as a stable, and it was later used as a temporary prison.
In a gale blew out some of the windows. Today, in addition to the , local residents who worship there, Wells Cathedral is visited by about , tourists each year. You are commenting using your WordPress. You are commenting using your Google account. You are commenting using your Twitter account. You are commenting using your Facebook account. It was built throughout the s — the primary construction was completed in — but significant additions were made in the following centuries, including towers on the west facade and the lady chapel on the eastern end.
So while its general style is "Gothic," the cathedral is really a mishmash of "Early English" Gothic, "Geometric" and "Decorated" Gothic, and "Perpendicular" Gothic, among other subcategories. The west facade of Wells Cathedral is feet wide and feet tall. The initial view when entering the cathedral's green. At bottom center of this picture is an entrance called the "north porch," which was intended as the normal entrance for the cathedral.
It's in the relatively plain Early English Gothic style. The central tower, at the top center of this picture, was added to the building in the early s and is in Decorated Gothic style. The original structure wasn't able to properly support its weight, so some ingenuous arches were added inside, as shown in a photo below.
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Subscribe to: Post Comments Atom. Facade system. Architectural style. Usages Main Usage. Facts The present cathedral of Wells was the first cathedral in England to be built in gothic style. The cathedral was constructed on a new site, located north of its predecessor. It is feet A building pause took place at the beginning of the 13th century. This can be seen in the use of different stone sizes and more precisely cut stones.
Since a better lifting gear was used, bigger stones could be lifted. Because the pillars under the central tower started to sink, additional supporting pillars and arches were added. In the 15th century, the spire of the central tower burned down and was not rebuilt because of stability issues this tower encountered in the past. The cathedral's foot central tower was constructed from to The unfinished building was dedicated in , and largely closed-in and finished by with the completion of the cathedral's chapter house.
Numerous expansions occurred until the completion of the northwest tower of the West Front in If measuring the width of the cathedral's west front, the structure is feet 45 meters in width.
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