Exeter Cathedral, view from Bishop’s Garden
Between 1050 and 1114, Exeter cathedral occupied the site of an ancient Saxon church. The construction of the Norman church was completed by 1170-80. In 1258, Bishop Bronescombe went to the consecration of Salisbury Cathedral, and he decided to rebuild Exeter Cathedral in the contemporary Gothic style. By the time Bishop Bronsescombe died in 1280, the new Lady Chapel and its flanking chapels had reached window-sill level. The two towers are the major surviving parts of the Norman building. However, the inside walls of the two towers were pulled down in 1285, and the indoor space was transformed into transepts with stained-glass Gothic windows. The body of the cathedral was completed by 1342, and soon after that the decoration of the West Front started. The master mason responsible for the greatest part of the decoration was Thomas of Whitney, who worked at the cathedral between 1316 and 1342. Sir George Gilbert Scott restored the cathedral between 1870 and 1877. The picture was drawn by J. Salmon, from a sketch by Robert Garland (1808?-1863), architect, and engraved by Benjamin Winkles
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Location: Exeter, Devon, England
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