The churches of London: a history and description of the ecclesiastical edifices of the metropolis . materials for the erection of thenew cathedral, should be free from toll and custom: afterwhich circumstance there is scarcely any mention made ofits progress; but we find that it was gradually advanced,and that the choir, not being thought sufficiently splendidfor the other parts of the edifice, was pulled down, andrebuilt with a spire about the year 1240, and solemnlyconsecrated immediately afterwards. The dimensions of this building seem to justify thesurprise manifested by contemporaries. T
The churches of London: a history and description of the ecclesiastical edifices of the metropolis . materials for the erection of thenew cathedral, should be free from toll and custom: afterwhich circumstance there is scarcely any mention made ofits progress; but we find that it was gradually advanced,and that the choir, not being thought sufficiently splendidfor the other parts of the edifice, was pulled down, andrebuilt with a spire about the year 1240, and solemnlyconsecrated immediately afterwards. The dimensions of this building seem to justify thesurprise manifested by contemporaries. The length fromeast to west was 690 feet; the breadth 130 feet, and theheight of the body of the church 150 feet. The towermeasured from the level ground 260 feet, and the woodenspire, covered with lead, 274 feet; but, as in the 260 1 Stow, Malcolm, ut sup. ST. PAULS CATHEDRAL. feet the height of the battlements which rose above thebase of the wooden spire was included, the whole elevationdid not exceed 520 The extreme point of the spireto Salisbury cathedral is 404 feet from the View of St. Pauls Cathedral frcm before the Fire in by S. Williams, from a Print by Hollar. The ground-plan of the Cathedral, assumed the form ofthe Latin cross, the transepts were much shorterthan the nave and choir: the interior was dividedby two ranges of clustered columns throughout the 1 Dugdale, ut supra, p. 11. 2 The spire of Strasburgh Cathedral is said to be 456 feet in height, andthat of Vienna is 465 feet. Brittons Cathedral Antiquities—Salisbury,p. 72. The following dimensions, in feet, of English cathedrals, from Brittons Dictionary of the Architecture of the Middle Ages, p. 128, may afforddata for comparison. EXTREME LENGTH. EXTREME BREADTH. HEIGHT OF NAVE. Canterbury 545 170 80 York 518 241 93 Salisbury 474 230 81 8 ST. PAULS CATHEDRAL. church : each aile was ahout two-fifths the width of thenave. Above the ailes was a triforium and a clere-story
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