Bristol Cathedral, Ante-Choir
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Cameni Images / Alamy Stock PhotoImage ID:
BEKM21File size:
55.2 MB (3.3 MB Compressed download)Releases:
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3801 x 5077 px | 32.2 x 43 cm | 12.7 x 16.9 inches | 300dpiDate taken:
1836Location:
Bristol, Gloucestershire, EnglandMore information:
Bristol Cathedral was founded in 1140 by Robert Fitzharding (Fitzhardinge) a prominent and wealthy citizen and some of the early buildings, fine examples of Norman architecture still extant, are the Chapter House and the Gatehouse. It was originally founded as the Abbey of St Augustine but the abbey was closed in 1539 and the cathedral was renamed as the Cathedral Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity and is known today as Bristol Cathedral. The original buildings have been added to, or demolished and rebuilt for over seven centuries. However it is the work of the architects George Edmund Street and J.L. Pearson in the 19th century that gives the cathedral its most prominent features today. Other features of the cathedral are the 'hall church' architectural style, the unique vaulting and the 'Berkeley Memorials' The picture was drawn by J. Salmon from a sketch by R. Garland, and engraved by Benjamin Wilkes