Image Archive: Cathedral

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

• North Choir Aisle

  • North choir aisle, to west View taken from bay 5, looking down north aisle towards the west end.

    • North choir aisle, to west Taken from bay 5, looking to west end.

    • North choir aisle, to west View taken from bay 6, north choir aisle, looking towards west front.

  • • North wall, bay 5 Bays 4, 5, and 6, looking towards west (bay 4 at right of image).

      • North wall, bay 5 North wall of bay 5 at right, bay 6 in the center of image.

      • North wall, bay 5 Masonry shows evidence of fastenings for temporary wall.

      • Masonry, bay 5 wall

    • Lancets, bay 5 Two lancets at aisle level commemorating the fifth Earl of Radnor and the Radnor family, c. 1900.

    • South wall, bay 5 View seen from bay 5, looking southwest. Bingham tomb in bay 5 is at left, Audley Chapel in bay 6 at right.

      • South wall, bay 5 View seen from bay 5, looking southwest. Bingham tomb in bay 5 is at left, Audley Chapel in bay 6 at right.

    • • Bingham tomb, north side Tomb attributed to Bishop Robert Bingham, d. 1246. The 13th-century effigy and tomb was moved to the nave during renovations in 1789. In the 1860s, the tomb was replaced near the altar, and surrounded by a 19th century canopy of George Gilbert Scott's design.

        • Bingham tomb, north side

        • Bingham tomb, north side

      • Bingham tomb, south side View taken from inside the presbytery, bay 6. Altar is at right of image.

        • Bingham tomb, south side View taken with flash.

      • Bingham effigy Purbeck marble effigy of Bishop Robert Bingham.

        • Detail, Bingham effigy

        • Detail, Bingham effigy

        • Detail, Bingham effigy

        • Detail, Bingham effigy

    • Vault, bay 5 Lancets of north window are to left.

      • Vault, bay 5 Taken in natural light.

        • Vault, bay 5 Taken with flash.

        • Vault detail Taken in natural light.

        • Vault detail Taken with flash.

      • Vault, to south View taken towards the south. The presbytery is visible through the arcade. Taken in natural light.

        • Vault to south View of arcade and vault, taken to the south, with flash.

      • Vault to east View taken from bay 5, with vault of bay 4 also visible. Taken in natural light.

        • Vault to east View taken towards bay 4 in the east, with flash.

      • Arch, bays 5 and 6 Arch between bays 5 and 6, formed by the joining of the two vaults. Taken in natural light.

        • Arch, bays 5 and 6 View taken with flash.

      • Vault to north Lancets of north wall are visible. Taken in natural light.

        • Vault to north Taken with flash.

      • Vault to west View taken from bay 5, towards bay 6 in the west. Arcade and presbytery are on left, windows of north wall on right. Taken in natural light.

        • Vault to west Taken with flash.

  • • Lancets, bay 6 Window contains 13th-century grisaille glass, including some removed from the chapter house.

      • Bay 6, west lancet

      • Bay 6, east lancet

    • • Audley Chapel, north side Chantry chapel established by Bishop Audley, d. 1524. The bishop was buried beneath the chapel floor. North side, taken from bay 5 of the north choir aisle.

        • Audley chapel, north side North side, taken from bay 7 of the north aisle. The steps and doorway into the chapel are visible in this view.

        • Parapet detail, Audley chapel North side of the monument. Note the heraldic shields on the parapet.

        • Parapet detail, Audley chapel

        • Chapel entrance, north aisle Steps and entrance into the west end of the chapel, from the north aisle.

        • Entrance, Audley chapel View into the Audley chapel taken through the north aisle entrance.

        • Column bases, chapel entrance Paving and purbeck marble bases of columns inside the Audley chapel.

      • Interior, Audley chapel Seen from the north choir aisle entrance, looking towards east end of chapel. Altar is placed at the east end. Through openings at the right is the presbytery.

        • Interior, Audley chapel The south wall of the chantry chapel, taken from inside. The south wall opens onto the presbytery.

        • Interior vault, Audley chapel Much of the medieval pigment still remains on the interior vault of the chapel.

        • West boss, Audley vault

        • East boss, Audley vault

        • Vault and east end of chapel

        • Entrance to presbytery Door leading into the presbytery of the cathedral. View taken from inside the Audley chapel.

      • Audley chapel, south side View taken from the presbytery, bay 7.

        • Audley chapel, south side View taken with flash.

        • Audley chapel, south side Taken from the presbytery, bay 6, directly to north. Image taken with flash.

        • Chapel entrance, from presbytery

        • Detail, south wall View taken from the presbytery of the south wall of the chapel. Altar is seen through the opening.

        • Parapet detail Eastern portion of the chapel, taken from presbytery.

        • Parapet detail Western portion of the chapel parapet, seen from the presbytery.

    • Vault, bay 6 Taken with flash. Lancets in north wall are visible at left of image.

      • Vault, bay 6

      • Vault, detail Taken in natural light.

      • Vault, detail Taken with flash.

  • • North wall, bay 7 Stone screen on the north side of the choir aisle at bay 7. Beyond the screen is the south chapel of the northeast transept.

    • • Mortival tomb, north side View taken from the west triforium of the northeast transept, looking down into the north aisle towards the Mortival tomb.

        • Mortival tomb, north side View taken from the northeast transept, bay 8. The presbytery is beyond the tomb. 14th-century tomb and canopy is attributed to Bishop Roger de Mortival, d. 1330.

        • Mortival tomb, north side View taken from bay 5, looking southwest towards monument.

        • Mortival tomb, north side

        • Tomb base and plinth

          • Plinth detail East end of the plinth, and purbeck colonnette bases of pier between bays 7 and 6.

          • Plinth detail West end of plinth, north side, and purbeck colonette bases of pier to the west.

        • Decorative angels, west end

          • Detail, angels, west end

          • Finial, top of tomb

      • Mortival tomb, south side Seen from the presbytery, bay 7. The vaults of the eastern chapels in the northeastern transept can be seen behind the tomb.

        • Mortival tomb, south side

        • Mortival tomb, from southwest

        • Mortival tomb, east end Join with pier and with Audley chapel to the east (right side of image).

          • Detail, east end

          • Detail, east end

        • Plinth, south side

        • Mortival tomb, west end Join with pier and bay 8 to the left of image.

          • Detail, west end

    • Vault, bay 7

      • Vault detail Seen in natural light.

      • Vault detail View taken with flash.

  • • North wall, bays 8-5 Wooden screen of bay 8 is at left, and eastern bays stretch to the right. Wooden screen leads into the northeast transept.

      • North wall, bay 8 Wooden screen that comprises the north wall of bay 8. It divides the north choir aisle from the northeast transept, visible beyond.

      • North wall, bay 8 Wooden screen, seen looking northeast into the eastern chapels of the northeast transept.

      • North wall, bay 8 Wooden screen, looking to northwest. West wall of northeast transept visible beyond.

      • North wall, bays 8-11 Wooden screen of bay 8 is at the right of image, and the view stretches down the north aisle towards the west. The bright light at left is the main transept.

    • South wall, bays 8-5 Stone screen of bay 8, with entrance into the choir and presbytery, is at right of image. View extends down the north aisle towards the east end.

      • South wall, bays 8-11 Stone screen of bay 8 is at left, and view extends down the north aisle towards the west.

      • South wall, bay 8 Entrance to the choir and presbytery is at left, and the tomb of Thomas Bennett, Precentor, d. 1558, is at right.

      • South wall, bay 8

      • South wall, bay 8 Showing entrance to choir and tomb of Thomas Bennett.

    • Tomb, Thomas Bennett In niche of south wall, bay 8.

      • Tomb, Thomas Bennett

        • Effigy, Thomas Bennett

        • Detail, Bennett tomb Crucifixion carved into the curve of the niche, seen over the effigy.

  • • North wall, bay 9 Bay 9 at right, bay 10 recedes towards the west.

    • Vault, bay 9 Bay 9 in the center, with bay 8 at top and bay 10 at bottom. North wall is at right of image.

      • Vault, bay 9 Lancets of north wall are visible at bottom of image.

      • Vault, bay 9 Taken in natural light.

        • Vault detail Seen in natural light. Note traces of medieval polychromy and pattern near center of vault.

        • Vault detail Pattern at the center of the vault, seen with artificial light.

        • Vault detail

        • Vault detail Taken in natural light.

        • Vault detail View taken with flash.

      • Juncture, vault and north wall

  • • Tomb of George Sydenham Cadaver effigy located on the plinth next to the wooden choir screen, south side of bay 10, north aisle. Sydenham was Archdeacon of Sarum, 1503-1524.

      • Detail, Sydenham effigy

      • Detail, Sydenham effigy

      • Detail, Sydenham effigy

    • Vault, bay 10 Lancets of the north wall are at top of image, and the wooden choir screen and organ pipes are at the bottom.

      • Juncture, vault and north wall

  • • North wall, bays 11-3 The north wall of bay 11 is at the left; the view stretches towards the east end of the north aisle at bay 3, where the eastern windows are visible.

      • North wall, bay 11 The niche holds the tomb of Bishop Woodville. Beyond the wall and tomb are the eastern chapels of the north transept.

    • Tomb, Bishop Woodville South side of tomb chest ascribed to Bishop Woodville, d. 1484, in canopied niche of north wall, bay 11.

      • Tomb, Bishop Woodville South side of tomb chest. Within the quatrefoils are fittings for heraldic shields.

      • Detail, Woodville tomb Southeast corner, Woodville tomb

      • Detail, Woodville tomb Southwest corner, Woodville tomb.

      • Detail, Woodville tomb Central quatrefoil, south side.

    • South wall and entrance to north aisle View taken from bay 12, just at entrance to north choir aisle. Bays 11 and 10 of the south wall of the north choir aisle are visible. (The wooden structures between the piers enclose the choir stalls.)

      • South wall, bays 11-3 The north wall of bay 11 is at the right; the view stretches towards the east end of the north aisle at bay 3, where the eastern windows are visible.

    • Vault, bay 11 North wall is at the left.