The Twenty-Six Mediæval Cathedrals Of England (Part Nineteen).

Durham Cathedral.

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Hereford Cathedral.

Built between 1079 and 1530, with a 19th-Century Great West Front, Hereford Cathedral has a Norman Nave and large Central Tower. Other important features being the unusual style of the North Transept and the North Porch, also of the 13th-Century, but greatly extended in the 16th-Century. Its Early-English Lady Chapel is considered “one of the most beautiful of the 13th-Century”.[4][10][14]

Fan-Vaulted Ceiling in Hereford Cathedral.

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Lichfield Cathedral.

Although dating from 1195 to about 1400, Lichfield Cathedral has an interior which presents a harmonious appearance, much of which is due to its having undergone extensive restoration and refurnishing in the 19th-Century. 

The Nave is very fine and The Lady Chapel is Apsidal with very tall windows, giving a rather French impression. Lichfield is the only one of the English Cathedrals to have retained three Spires, as distinct from having three Towers.[4][5]

Lincoln Cathedral.

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Lincoln Cathedral.

Dating from 1074 to 1548, Lincoln Cathedral is one of the largest of England’s Cathedrals, and it has been claimed by John Ruskin that, architecturally, it is worth any two of the others put together. 

Edward Freeman described it as “one of the loveliest of human works”.[15] It retains portions of the three massive Arches of the Norman Great West Front and much heavily-restored sculpture around the Central Portal. 

The Central Tower is the tallest in England and is visible for many miles as it rises in spectacular fashion from a high hill. The decagonal Chapter House with its huge Flying Buttresses is the first polygonal Chapter House in England. 

The 11th-Century South Transept in Hereford Cathedral.

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Of the interior, the finest part is considered to be the Late-13th-Century “Angel Choir” with “gorgeous layers of Tracery”[6] and enriched with carved angels. 

The Transepts have two Rose Windows; the “Dean’s Eye”, on the North side, dating from circa 1200 and retaining its original Stained-Glass, while the Flowing Decorated “Bishop’s Eye”, on the South side, is filled with salvaged Mediæval fragments.[4][10]

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