Image Archive: Cathedral

• Exterior Images of the Cathedral
• Interior Images of the Cathedral
  • Trinity Chapel
  • Choir
  • East Transept
  • Main Transept
    • Crossing bay
    • North Transept
    • South Transept
  • Nave
  • Under the Roofs
• Cathedral Cloister
• Chapter house

• MAIN TRANSEPT

  • Crossing bay

    • Crossing vault view plan

    • Southeast crossing pier Purbeck shafts reaching from floor to main vault. To the left is the south wall of the choir, and to the right is the south strainer arch in bay 12, the crossing bay.

    • Northwest crossing pier To the right is the north strainer arch in bay 12, the crossing bay. The nave vaults extend to the left.

  • North Transept

    • General view, north transept Taken from south transept looking north through crossing bay. view plan

      • General view, north transept Taken from crossing, looking at north wall of transept. Note eastern chapels at right. view plan

    • North wall, north transept view plan

      • North wall, north transept view plan

        • Triforium passage, north wall View towards west wall along triforium passage.

        • Monument to Bishop Blythe Located at center of north wall. John Blythe was Bishop 1494-99, and Chancellor of Cambridge University. Note consecration crosses on wall at either side. view plan

          • Monument to Bishop Blythe

            • West end of Blythe tomb

              • Detail of molding At top of west end of Blythe tomb.

            • East end of Blythe tomb

            • Interior vault, Blythe tomb Some polychromy is visible on the ribs.

              • Interior vault, Blythe tomb

            • Effigy, Bishop Blythe Taken from the foot end.

            • Tomb arcade Detail of inner surface of tomb arcade. Some traces of polychromy visible.

    • Eastern chapels, north transept View taken from crossing bay, looking northeast towards north transept chapels. view plan

      • Transept chapels seen from nave View taken from bay 13, south aisle, looking northeast through crossing. view plan

      • Transept chapels from crossing View from crossing bay looking into north transept. view plan

      • Transept chapels from crossing Three chapels on east side of north transept, view from crossing. view plan

        • Transept chapels along east wall Chapels in lower arcade, and north aisle extending to the eastern end at right of image. view plan

          • Arcades of three eastern chapels.

          • South and central transept chapels North aisle extends to the eastern end at right of image.

          • View from above, south and central chapels

          • South chapel, east wall View taken towards east from main space in transept. Chapel was dedicated to St. John the Baptist.

          • Central chapel, east wall View taken towards the east from main space in transept. Chapel was dedicated to St. Edmund of Abingdon.

          • Northern chapel, east wall View taken towards east from main space in transept. Chapel was dedicated to St. Thomas of Canterbury.

            • Interior view, north chapel View inside chapel, north and east walls.

            • Interior view, north chapel North wall of chapel.

            • Interior view, north chapel Eastern wall, north and part of central chapels.

          • Upper levels of elevation Eastern wall, above entrance into north choir aisle.

          • Upper levels of elevation Eastern wall, above south chapel. Note tower buttress in triforium level.

            • Detail, triforium level Above south chapel. Note head of Bishop between south and central chapels, and the additional support for the tower and spire behind the triforium arcade.

            • Detail, corbel head Purbeck marble, located between central and south chapels at the stringcourse above the chapel wall.

          • Upper levels of elevation Above central chapel on east wall of north transept.

    • West wall, north transept Taken looking northwest. Note that there is no aisle or chapels along this wall. view plan

      • Windows, west wall, north transept view plan

        • Windows at lower level, west wall Taken from triforium in north wall, looking down onto central bay of west wall.

        • Upper levels of elevation, west wall

        • Upper levels of elevation, central bay Taken from triforium in north wall.

        • Lower level, northwest corner of transept Looking towards west and north walls.

        • Upper levels, northwest corner of transept Triforium and clerestory levels. Note passages at both levels.

          • Triforium passage, north wall View along north wall towards the west wall. Note door in far corner to stair tower.

          • Door, lower level, west wall Door in west wall at northwest corner leading into stair tower.

          • Lower level, west wall Blocked door opening in west wall in southernmost bay. Possibly never used.

    • Vaults, north transept Northernmost bay is at top of image, crossing is at bottom of image. view plan

      • Vaults, north transept North wall is at left of image. view plan

      • Vaults, north transept Southern and central bays. Crossing vault is visible at right. view plan

  • South Transept

    • General view, south transept Taken from north transept through the crossing towards south. view plan

      • General view to southeast Taken from north transept through crossing. view plan

      • East and south walls, south transept Showing chapels under east arcade. Taken from crossing bay. view plan

      • General view to southwest Taken from north transept and looking through crossing. view plan

    • South wall, south transept View from crossing. view plan

      • South wall, south transept View from crossing. view plan

      • Windows, south wall, south transept view plan

        • Windows, south wall, south transept

        • Lower windows, south wall Arcade and triforium levels.

    • Eastern chapels, south transept Taken from crossing, looking southeast. view plan

      • East chapels, south transept Taken from crossing. view plan

      • Arcades and three eastern chapels Taken from the main aisle of south transept. view plan

        • Arcades and three eastern chapels Taken from main aisle of south transept.

        • North chapel, east wall and elevation above View slightly to northeast, showing tomb between south aisle and chapel (bottom, center of image). Entrance to south aisle is at left of image.

          • North chapel, east wall Chapel is dedicated to St. Margaret.

            • Tomb of John Henry Jacob, d. 1862 A table tomb located in between the north and central chapels. This view looks south through the chapels, showing the northern side of the tomb.

            • Jacob tomb South side of the tomb, view taken from the central chapel looking slightly northeast.

          • Tomb of Bishop Richard Medford, d. 1407 Located between south aisle and north chapel of south transept. This view is taken from the aisle, showing north side.

          • North side, Medford tomb

          • South side, Medford tomb This side is visible from the northernmost chapel.

        • Central chapel, east wall View taken directly east from the main aisle of transept. Chapel dedicated to St. Lawrence.

          • Monument of Bishop Fisher, d. 1825 Located between the central and southern chapels. This view is taken from the central chapel, showing north side of monument.

          • Fisher monument North side, taken from northernmost chapel.

        • South chapel, east wall View into chapel from main aisle of transept. Chapel is dedicated to St. Michael.

        • Elevation, center and south chapels Arcade, triforium, clerestory levels.

          • Upper elevation, east wall Showing triforium and clerestory over the three eastern chapels and the south aisle (at left).

            • Upper elevation, east wall, detail Triforium and clerestory over entrance to south choir aisle (left) and over northernmost chapel (right). Note buttresses for the tower and spire.

            • Upper elevation, east wall, detail Triforium and clerestory over central chapel (left) and southern chapel (right). South wall of transept is visible at far right.

    • West wall, south transept Taken from crossing bay. Entrance to south aisle of nave is to right of image. view plan

      • Elevation, west wall Taken from south end of transept, looking northwest at north and central bays of west wall. Note passage at triforium level. view plan

        • Triforium level in middle North and central bays of west wall, south transept.

        • Door, west wall In southernmost bay, opposite south chapel. Leads to the plumbery. view plan

    • Vaults, south transept Southernmost bay at top of image, crossing at bottom of image. view plan

      • Vault, southernmost bay, south transept South wall of transept is at bottom of picture. view plan