Well Cathedral is an Anglican Cathedral in well, built in the 12th century to serve as a place of worship for the British. The building captures the entire of English building style between the 1145 and 1490.  The uniqueness of the building is the absence of a Romanesque; that Normans introduced in the most country in the 11th century (Caroe 2013).  The Normans contributed to the building of most of the building during this era, for they had great expertise in building skills and styles of beautifying a building especially by the adoption of Gothic styles across the Europe. Well Cathedral occupies a total length of 415 feet.

Built in English Gothic style, Well Cathedral exhibits unique features that distinguish it from French Cathedrals. For instance, well Cathedral exhibits less specification in weight and length when compared to these French Cathedrals. Besides, the building has big three doors and a large rose window; distinguishing it from other Cathedrals in France. The Gothic style adopted by the Wells Cathedral gave rise to other Cathedrals in England such as the Westminster Abbey, and Salisbury Wells characterized with more decorated Gothic style. (Reeve 2013).

The earliest architect of Well Cathedral is not known; however, Adam Lock was the second architect to continue with the building of the Wells Cathedral. The building exhibits clustered piers and contains a gallery of similarly pointed arches. The building of Wells Cathedral started at the east corner, the choirs’ position followed by the exterior side. The east end possesses tainted glasses, which is rare to find in England.

Besides, the building rocks of the Cathedral are from weathered sedimentary rocks, which dated over 250 million years’ span. At the front of the building, the building material comprises of pure limestone and pennant sandstones (Donovan 2011). Another rock identified in the building of the Cathedral include the Triassic sandstone that is the majority type of rock involved in the building of the cathedral. 

Well, Cathedral comprises of many sectors; the elevation, exterior, west front, crossing tower, north porch, cloisters interior and the chapter house. The elevation consists of three sections, the clerestory, arcade, and triforium gallery. On the other hand, the exterior exhibits the Gothic styles features, with large ancient windows and Pinnacle frames. The west from joins with the elevation to form a paired tower. The west end covers 30m high and 45m wide. Besides, this west front contains paintings, standing figures and angles crafted to portray a good image (Donovan 2011).

The crossing tower of the building usually contains pinnacles and parapet after the origin timber burnt down. The north porch, on the other hand, serves as the main entrance; is rectangular with plain walls. The interior marks great molding and smooth carvings especially the arcade, which distinguishes the interior with the exterior front (Reeve 2013).  Well, Cathedral thus serves as one of the great building of the ancient times representing the early building styles in depth.

References

Caroe, M. (2013). Wells Cathedral: Conservation of figure sculptures 1975-86. Final report and assessment. Studies in Conservation.

Donovan, D. T. (2011). Wells Cathedral: conservation of figure sculpture 1977–1986. International Journal of Architectural Heritage, 5(6), 586-612.

Reeve, M. M. (2013). The Capital Sculpture of Wells Cathedral: Masons, Patrons and the Margins of English Gothic Architecture. Journal of the British Archaeological Association.