Wells Cathedral (Part Eleven).

The Great West Front,

Wells Cathedral.

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To the North-East is the large octagonal Chapter House, entered from the North Choir Aisle by a passage and staircase.

To the South of the Nave is a large Cloister, unusual in that the Northern range, that adjacent to the Cathedral, was never built.[93]

In Section, the Cathedral has the usual arrangement of a large Church: A Central Nave with an Aisle on each side, separated by two Arcades. The elevation is in three stages: Arcade; Triforium Gallery; Clerestory.[92]

The internal elevation of the Nave in Wells Cathedral

is in three levels: Arcade; Triforium Gallery; Clerestory.

The Triforium has a unique form, with the Arches

not divided into Bays.

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The Triforium is separated from the Arcade by a single horizontal String Course that runs unbroken the length of the Nave. There are no vertical lines linking the three stages, as the Shafts supporting the Vault rise above the Triforium.[92]

At Wells Cathedral, later changes in the Perpendicular Style were universally applied, such as filling the Early-English Lancet Windows with simple Tracery, the construction of a Parapet that encircles the Roof, and the addition of Pinnacles framing each Gable, similar to those around the Chapter House and on The Great West Front.[92]

The Great West Front, 

Wells Cathedral.

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PART TWELVE FOLLOWS.