southwark cathedral, london

southwark cathedral

Folder: english cathedrals
possibly saxon minster, set up as a formal augustinian priory in 1106, dissolved in 1539 then made into a parish church. after much destruction, including the loss of the nave, it became a collegiate church in 1897 , a cathedral in 1905.
southwark cathedral , london

southwark cathedral , london

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c17 communion table now in the harvard chapel
southwark cathedral , london

southwark cathedral , london

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early c19 gothick bishops' chair , one of a pair in the north choir aisle
southwark cathedral , london

southwark cathedral , london

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c16 studded door and doorcase to the harvard chapel
southwark cathedral , london

southwark cathedral , london

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vaults in the c13 north transept were rebuilt by wallace in 1830
southwark cathedral , london

southwark cathedral , london

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east side of the north transept, late c13
southwark cathedral , london

southwark cathedral , london

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c13 details in the crossing
southwark cathedral , london

southwark cathedral , london

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c13 details in the crossing
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southwark cathedral , london

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the choir was begun in 1212, with a very up to date design of an apparent triforium rather than a gallery.
southwark cathedral , london

southwark cathedral , london

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the choir was begun in 1212, with a very up to date design of an apparent triforium rather than a gallery. the reredos dates from the early c16, though it has hardly an inch that is unrestored.
southwark cathedral , london

southwark cathedral , london

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the choir was begun in 1212, with a very up to date design of an apparent triforium rather than a gallery.
southwark cathedral , london

southwark cathedral , london

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the choir was begun in 1212, with a very up to date design of an apparent triforium rather than a gallery.
southwark cathedral , london

southwark cathedral , london

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late c13 brackets high in the crossing
southwark cathedral , london

southwark cathedral , london

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late c13 brackets high in the crossing
southwark cathedral , london

southwark cathedral , london

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view west through the c16 reredos, into the c13 choir
southwark cathedral , london

southwark cathedral , london

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north choir aisle looking west, started in 1212
southwark cathedral , london

southwark cathedral , london

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stiffleaf is rare here; this is on the mid c13 bar tracery window on the south side of the retrochoir
southwark cathedral , london

southwark cathedral , london

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a mid c14 filigree of tracery filled the two arches between the choir and retroquire, being filled in and made blind when the c16 reredos was built
southwark cathedral , london

southwark cathedral , london

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the chandelier of 1680 has an ornate chain, with the crown very firmly over the mitre
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