The Great West Front,
Wells Cathedral.
Photo: 30 April 2014.
Source: Own work.
Attribution:
Photo by DAVID ILIFF.
Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0.
Author: Diliff
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Its Early-English Front with 300 sculpted figures[7] is seen as a “supreme triumph of the combined plastic arts in England”.[10]
The East End retains much Mediæval Stained-Glass.[7] Unlike many Cathedrals of Monastic Foundation, Wells has many surviving Secular buildings linked to its Chapter of Secular Canons, including the Bishop’s Palace and the 15th-Century residential Vicars’ Close.[5] It is a Grade-I-Listed building.[1][11]
The earliest remains of a building on the site are of a Late-Roman Mausoleum, identified during excavations in 1980.[11][12]
An Abbey Church was built in Wells in 705 A.D., by Aldhelm, first Bishop of the newly-established Diocese of Sherborne, during the reign of King Ine of Wessex.[13][14]
Wells Cathedral Choir Stalls with 19th-Century
Stone Canopies and modern embroideries.
Photo: May 2013.
Source: Own work.
Author: Karl Gruber
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It was Dedicated to Saint Andrew and stood at the site of the Cathedral’s Cloisters, where some excavated remains can be seen.
In 909 A.D., the Seat of the Diocese was moved from Sherborne to Wells.[11]
Wells Cathedral.
Photo: 6 December 2013.
Source: Own work.
Author: Rodw
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PART THREE FOLLOWS.
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