ipernity: wells cathedral by Stiffleaf

Folder: english cathedrals

wells cathedral and its appurtenances. despite its lack of norman work, and strong competition, from canterbury or lincoln, and especially from ely, I sometimes think wells takes the crown as far as english cathedrals go. lots of excellent original carving, low enough to see easily, spacial sophistication in the east end and chapter house, and that wonderful first view looking down onto what is st… (read more)

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wells vault 1310-20

01 Jan 2010

109

wells tower 1315-22

01 Jan 2010

110

wells n2

07 Nov 2009

141

west end of the nave, early c13 stiffleaf blows about in the sunlight

wells s12

07 Nov 2009

145

windblown stiffleaf, thornpuller and mouthpuller , square and octagonal abaci. work of the earliest c13

wells nave 1215-29

07 Nov 2009

124

earliest english gothic ignored french rationalist rules from the start, dispensing with seperate bays to concentrate on the horizontal, allowing line to flow from pillar to arch without any defining capital, stilting door arches regardless of reason, and generally behaving with insular mannered eccentricity