The cathedral church of Chichester; a short history & description of its fabric with an account of the diocese and see . would very naturally exert some influence uponthe building projects of a neighbouring see. Whether anyof the actual craftsmen from Canterbury worked again atChichester or not we cannot tell, but it is evident that theKentish experience was of great help to Sussex in the newventure. When it had been decided how they should operate,it was natural that the covering of the building must bethe first provision. This involved the repair of the shatteredclerestory, and then they wer
The cathedral church of Chichester; a short history & description of its fabric with an account of the diocese and see . would very naturally exert some influence uponthe building projects of a neighbouring see. Whether anyof the actual craftsmen from Canterbury worked again atChichester or not we cannot tell, but it is evident that theKentish experience was of great help to Sussex in the newventure. When it had been decided how they should operate,it was natural that the covering of the building must bethe first provision. This involved the repair of the shatteredclerestory, and then they were free to proceed in other Willis, Chichester Calhedral, p. 6. THE HISTORY OF THE CATHEDRAL 13 directions. Further than this we have no means of learningwhat method was followed in carrying on the new work ; butit continued, so that in about twelve years the building wasdedicated again. There is nothing now to indicate that the provision ofa vault had been intended by the original builders of thesewalls. This deficiency was met by the insertion of vaultingshafts and the addition of external buttressing ; for as the. PresentElevation. Two Bays of Retro-choir.(Scale 29*2 feet to i in.) HISTORICAL SECTION FROM WlLLlS S ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY. pressure of the flat wooden roof was exerted for the mostpart vertically upon its supports, that of the vault would bea strong lateral thrust as well as vertical pressure, and thesewere to be provided for. We shall see presently that all thereal beauties of this most interesting work were the outcomeboth of the needs of practical structure and the requirementsof ritual and a ceremonial expression of the liturgy. It is not possible for us to discover exactly when the 14 CHICHESTER CATHEDRAL. several parts of the work undertaken after the fire of 1186-1187were begun, nor when they were finished. Of dates we havelittle knowledge, except that of the dedication in 1199; thefall of two towers in 1210, and the various indications of
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