Wells Cathedral, Somerset: detail of the scissor-arches
Artist/Photographer | Cox, Bernard Hugh (1907?-1986) |
Country | UK: England |
City | Wells |
Subject Date | 1348 |
Image Date | 1960 |
View | Interior |
Style | Gothic |
Medium | 35mm Transparency |
Library Reference | GB 209 |
Orientation | Portrait |
Colour Info | Colour |
Credit | Bernard Cox / 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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