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Wells Cathedral, Somerset: the nave looking towards the scissor-arches

RIBA Ref No RIBA9122
Artist/PhotographerCox, Bernard Hugh (1907?-1986)
CountryUK: England
CityWells
Subject Date1348
Image Date1970
ViewInterior
StyleGothic
Medium35mm Transparency
Library ReferenceGB 211
OrientationPortrait
Colour InfoColour
CreditBernard Cox / RIBA Collections
SubjectCathedrals ; Arches ; Vaulting
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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