Wells Cathedral

Wells Cathedral

Also known as Cathedral Church of St Andrew

Year

1239

Type

building

England's first cathedral conceived from the start in the new Gothic manner, Wells was begun around 1175 by Bishop Reginald Fitz Jocelin on a fresh site north of the old minster church. Construction worked west from the east end through con …

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