view from the west door of the abbey church, with the east walls of the transepts standing tall. the lower arches led to chapels, and are some of the earliest examples of gothic pointed arches in england, though round headed clerestory windows and the general heaviness of mouldings show this to still be a transitional building. the abbey was founded in 1147, the transepts prob. date from c.1150-60
the vaulting with its fully integrated supports, along with the more obvious pointed arches, place the church in the transitional period. the walls remain thick, windows round headed and buttresses flat, so a way yet has to go before full gothic is achieved
through the massive east window of c.1500 tall thin piers were surrounded by marble shafting, the dual arch leading into the n.e. arm of the transept, built across the east end of the church to form the chapel of the 9 altars, c.1205-47. in the background is abbot huby's tower of the early c16
these tall thin piers were surrounded by marble shafting, the dual arch led into the s.e. transept, built across the east end of the church to form the chapel of the 9 altars, built c.1205-47
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