Wells Cathedral, Somerset: detail of the scissor arches
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Artist/Photographer | Ingle, Richard (1927-2010) |
Country | UK: England |
City | Wells |
Subject Date | 1348 |
Image Date | 1992 |
View | Interior |
Style | Gothic |
Medium | Digital image |
Library Reference | Ingle 92-43A |
Orientation | Portrait |
Colour Info | Black and white |
Credit | Richard Ingle / RIBA Collections |
Subject | Arches ; Cathedrals |
NOTES: Construction on the original cathedral began in 1180 and was completed by the Lady Chapel in 1326. The nave was completed in 1220-1229. The scissor-arches (inverted strainer arches) were built c. 1338-1348 to support the tower when the foundations of the two western piers sank into the ground.
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