The spire of Norwich Cathedral dates from the 15th century (after an earlier one collapsed) and at 315 feet is the second highest in England after the one at Salisbury Cathedral.
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Norwich Cathedral in Norfolk is one of our grand Norman cathedrals, and dedicated to the Holy and Undivided Trinity. It was begun in 1096 and constructed out of flint and mortar and faced with a cream coloured Caen limestone. A Saxon settlement and two churches were demolished to make room for the buildings.
The cathedral was completed in 1145 with the Norman tower topped with a wooden spire covered with lead. The Norman spire was blown down in 1362. Its fall caused considerable damage to the east end, as a result of which the clerestory of the choir was rebuilt in the Perpendicular style. Several episodes of damage necessitated rebuilding of the east end and spire but since the final erection of the 315 feet-tall stone spire in 1480 there have been few fundamental alterations to the fabric. After Salisbury it is the second tallest spire in England.
In the fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries, the cathedral's flat timber ceilings were replaced with stone vaults. The vaulting was carried out in a spectacular manner with hundreds of ornately-carved, painted and gilded bosses. The bosses of the vault number over 1,000. Each is decorated with a theological image, and as a group they have been described as without parallel in the Christian world. The nave vault shows the history of the world from the creation; the cloister includes series showing the life of Christ and the Apocalypse.
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During the 11th century, Norwich was the second largest city in England after London, and one of the most important places in the kingdom. At the time of its consecration, Norwich Cathedral was one of the great buildings of the era. With construction beginning in 1096 and finishing c.1145, it was amongst the largest major churches in Europe. The nave is the second longest in England. The western portion of the nave was completed by Bishop Eborard in Caen stone brought from France and Barnack stone from Cambridgeshire. Whereas it took several hundred years for many English cathedrals to be completed, this one at Norwich was built in just fifty years.
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The Jesus Chapel in Norwich Cathedral is one of four chapels in the Ambulatory at the east end of the cathedral. It features a 1510 painting of the Wise Men visiting the infant Jesus.
Norwich Cathedral in Norfolk is one of our grand Norman cathedrals, and dedicated to the Holy and Undivided Trinity. It was begun in 1096 and constructed out of flint and mortar and faced with a cream coloured Caen limestone. A Saxon settlement and two churches were demolished to make room for the buildings.
The cathedral was completed in 1145 with the Norman tower topped with a wooden spire covered with lead. The Norman spire was blown down in 1362. Its fall caused considerable damage to the east end, as a result of which the clerestory of the choir was rebuilt in the Perpendicular style. Several episodes of damage necessitated rebuilding of the east end and spire but since the final erection of the 315 feet-tall stone spire in 1480 there have been few fundamental alterations to the fabric. After Salisbury it is the second tallest spire in England.
In the fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries, the cathedral's flat timber ceilings were replaced with stone vaults. The vaulting was carried out in a spectacular manner with hundreds of ornately-carved, painted and gilded bosses. The bosses of the vault number over 1,000. Each is decorated with a theological image, and as a group they have been described as without parallel in the Christian world. The nave vault shows the history of the world from the creation; the cloister includes series showing the life of Christ and the Apocalypse. The large cloister (the second largest in England) has over 1,000 bosses including several hundred carved and ornately painted ones.
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This memorial extols the virtues of Thomas Moore, who died in 1779 aged 63. I was taken by the way the light fell on the grieving cherub, and couldn't resist a photograph.
Norwich Cathedral in Norfolk is one of our grand Norman cathedrals, and dedicated to the Holy and Undivided Trinity. It was begun in 1096 and constructed out of flint and mortar and faced with a cream coloured Caen limestone. A Saxon settlement and two churches were demolished to make room for the buildings.
The cathedral was completed in 1145 with the Norman tower topped with a wooden spire covered with lead. The Norman spire was blown down in 1362. Its fall caused considerable damage to the east end, as a result of which the clerestory of the choir was rebuilt in the Perpendicular style. Several episodes of damage necessitated rebuilding of the east end and spire but since the final erection of the 315 feet-tall stone spire in 1480 there have been few fundamental alterations to the fabric. After Salisbury it is the second tallest spire in England.
In the fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries, the cathedral's flat timber ceilings were replaced with stone vaults. The vaulting was carried out in a spectacular manner with hundreds of ornately-carved, painted and gilded bosses. The bosses of the vault number over 1,000. Each is decorated with a theological image, and as a group they have been described as without parallel in the Christian world. The nave vault shows the history of the world from the creation; the cloister includes series showing the life of Christ and the Apocalypse. The large cloister (the second largest in England) has over 1,000 bosses including several hundred carved and ornately painted ones.
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