Photos of the Interior of the Cathederal |
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The north aisle and west window |
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The south aisle of the quire, and a close-up of the east window |
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The clock, dating from at least 1392 |
A close-up of the clock face |
The quarterjack, Jack Blandiver,
has struck his bell every quarter-hour for centuries |
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The base of the North-West Tower, and a closeup of the column capitals |
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The scissor arches, viewed from the South transcept, the north side of the nave and a close-up of the crossing.
The arches were constructed in the 14th Century to transfer the weight of the tower away from the collapsing foundations on the west side, to the stronger eastern foundations. |
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The rood carvings, made by an Italian whos only other known work is the small prototype carving of the rood |
The Saxon font, which was brought from the original cathederal of Wells, with its fine Jacobian cover |
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The door from the east cloister into the south transcept of the Cathederal, the Bishop's entrance |
Looking down the 15th Century East Cloister, to the door to the Bishop's Palace. This doorway survives from the original, and obviously narrower, 13th Century cloister |