The Great West Front,
Wells Cathedral.
Photo: 30 April 2014.
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Each Pier of the Arcade has a surface enrichment of twenty-four slender Shafts, in eight groups of three, rising beyond the Capitals to form the deeply undulating Mouldings of the Arches.[90]
The Capitals are remarkable for the vitality of the stylised foliage, in a style known as “ Stiff-Leaf ”. The liveliness contrasts with the formality of the Moulded Shafts and the smooth unbroken areas of Ashlar Masonry in the Spandrels. Each Capital is different, and some contain small figures illustrating narratives.[90]
Wells Cathedral in the reflecting pool
in the grounds of the Bishop’s Palace.
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The Vault of the Nave rises steeply in a simple quadripartite form, in harmony with the Nave Arcade.[88]
The Vault has a multiplicity of Ribs in a net-like form, which is very different from that of the Nave, and is perhaps a recreation in Stone of a local type of compartmented Wooden Roof, of which examples remain from the 15th-Century, including those at Saint Cuthbert’s Church, Wells.[113]
Wells Cathedral.
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Until the Early-14th-Century, the Interior of the Cathedral was in a unified style, but it was to undergo two significant changes, to the Tower and to the Eastern End.
Between 1315 and 1322, the Central Tower was heightened and topped by a Spire, which caused the Piers that supported it to show signs of stress.
In 1338, the Mason, William Joy, employed an unorthodox solution by inserting Low Arches, topped by inverted Arches of similar dimensions, forming scissors-like structures.[114]
These Arches brace the Piers of the Crossing on three sides, while the Easternmost side is braced by a Choir Screen.[115]
The Great West Front, Wells Cathedral. An eroded layer of Angels, with the twelve Apostles, carved in the 15th-Century, above. Centre right is Saint Andrew, Patron of the Cathedral, holding the Saint Andrew Diagonal Cross. Uppermost, sits Christ, flanked by two Seraphim, carved in 1985.
Photo: 24 October 2009.
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PART NINETEEN FOLLOWS.
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