The cathedrals of Great Britain, their history and architecture (1902)
Ditchfield, P. H. (Peter Hampson), 1854-1930 · London : J. M. Dent & company; Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott coy. · leaf 174
tro - Choir is very beautiful.Slender piers of Purbeck marblesupport the fine vault. Thecarving of the capitals and bossesis very excellent. All is in theDecorated style. The Z^^zc/yChapel is of the same date andstyle, finished in 1326. Itsshape is pentagonal, and it isof rare beauty. The glass is… … tracery of the other windows are and heads of patriarchs and saints. of the retro-choir was St old and rich. There is theAt Catherinesa monument by Chantrey of John Phelips, and that of Bishop Drokensford(1329), who was bishop during the building of the LadyChapel, and part of the choir is a…
Cathedrals -- Great Britain · Church architecture -- Great Britain
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