The Great West Front,
Wells Cathedral.
Photo: 30 April 2014.
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Photo by DAVID ILIFF.
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Author: Diliff
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At the Eastern end, there is a proliferation of Tracery with repeated motifs in the Reticulated Style, a stage between Geometric and Flowing Decorated Tracery.[96]
The Great West Front is 100 feet (30 m) high and 147 feet
The Great West Front is 100 feet (30 m) high and 147 feet
(45 m) wide,[97] and built of Inferior Oolite of the Middle Jurassic period, which came from the Doulting Stone Quarry, about eight miles (13 km) to the East.[98]
According to the architectural historian Alec Clifton-Taylor, it is “one of the great sights of England”.[99]
Great West Fronts, in general, take three distinct forms:
1. Those that follow the elevation of the Nave and Aisles;
2. Those that have Paired Towers at the end of each Aisle, framing the Nave;
3. Those that screen the form of the building.
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According to the architectural historian Alec Clifton-Taylor, it is “one of the great sights of England”.[99]
The Nave, Wells Cathedral.
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1. Those that follow the elevation of the Nave and Aisles;
2. Those that have Paired Towers at the end of each Aisle, framing the Nave;
3. Those that screen the form of the building.
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Wells Cathedral’s exquisite architecture,
vaulting, mouldings, and statuary.
Photo: 11 February 2008.
Source: Wells Cathedral, Somerset
Author: IDS.photos from Tiverton, U.K.
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