Wells Cathedral, Somerset: detail of the scissor-arches

RIBA Ref No RIBA9121

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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