unless stated otherwise.
Photos from Gloucester Cathedral Web-Site at http://www.gloucestercathedral.org.uk
Unless otherwise stated, photos of Gloucester Cathedral are taken by Angelo Hornak, Richard Cann, Chris Smith, Esther Platten, Gloucester Cathedral and Gilmere Ltd.
Gloucester Cathedral's Great East Window.
From Gloucester Cathedral Web-Site at http://www.gloucestercathedral.org.uk
Photo © John Jones of Skycell.
Gloucester Cathedral's Lady Chapel looking towards the Choir.
From Wikimedia Commons.
Author: Mattana
Photo taken January 2008.
The interior of Gloucester Cathedral conveys an impression of a "cage" of stone and glass, typical of "Perpendicular" Architecture.
Elaborate Decorated-Style Tracery is no longer in evidence, and the lines on both walls and windows have become sharper and less flamboyant.
A record of the building fabric is made before and during Stonework Conservation, detailing the information that Repair Works uncover about building history and early building techniques. For a selection of Archaeological Reports concerning this, see www.bgas.org.uk/gcar.
Gloucester Cathedral's Stained-Glass Window
showing the Coronation of Henry III in 1216.
From Gloucester Cathedral Web-Site http://www.gloucestercathedral.org.uk
At the time of the Norman Conquest, in 1066, the Monastery was not thriving and in 1072 King William I appointed Serlo, a Monk from Mont Saint Michel, in Normandy, to be its Abbot. An energetic, charismatic and devout man, Serlo built up the wealth of the Monastery to the point where, in 1089, he was able to start building the magnificent Abbey Church which so impresses the visitor today.
THE MIDDLE AGES.
A wealthy and powerful institution, with extensive landholdings in Gloucestershire and South Wales, the Abbey of Saint Peter (as it was known) had significant Royal Associations.
In 1216, King Henry III, who had succeeded to the Throne at the age of only nine, was Crowned here. Major building works in the 13th-Century included a first Lady Chapel and new Tower and Refectory.
Gloucester Cathedral's Lady Chapel. Built at the end of the 15th-Century.
From Gloucester Cathedral Web-Site at http://www.gloucestercathedral.org.uk
In the 15th-Century, further building work included the remodelling of The West End, the building of The South Porch and of the present Tower and, finally, towards the end of the Century, the present Lady Chapel.
PART FOUR FOLLOWS.
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