Lincoln Cathedral - 365ft tall and 482ft long by escafeld

Photography • Historical • posted on Apr 15, 2005

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The splendour of the Cathedral Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary at Lincoln differs greatly from that of St George at Goltho in yesterdays posting. (which itself is no less magnificent and no less worthy as a place of worship) One cannot be anything but in awe of its immense size, the third largest in Britain. The triple towered cathedral dominates the roman town, standing on a 200 ft high plateau and rising a further 365 ft. In the 14th-century when the central tower and those of the west end were heightened and spires added to, the cathedral was reputedly the tallest building in the world and at 525 feet being 3 feet taller than the Great Pyramid. It is 482 ft long and the crossing tower is 271 ft high. The chancel vault is 74 ft high and the nave 82 ft. The majority of stone used in the construction is local Oolitic limestone. The history is as follows: - 1072 Remigius started work on the Norman Cathedral. 1141 it was fire damaged 1185 an earthquake demolished all but the west front 1192 The building of a new Cathedral was started by Hugh of Avalon 1220-1235 the chapter house was built 1237 the central tower collapsed 1256-1280 a new tower was built and an Angel Choir added 1549 the central spire blew down 1807 the remaining spires were taken down (the spires on the two west towers) I could show a whole series on the Cathedral and I do in fact have the photographs. Unfortunately I can only show so much today and will maybe come back to it another time. The following is what you would see on a visit to the Cathedral and Lincoln City. A ruined Norman castle, built in 1068, overlooks the west front which is probably the finest fa

Comments (24)

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Akinom

3:28AM | Fri, 15 April 2005

What an impressive building... such huge size and fascinating architecture! I'm in awe! Loved to see it in real one day and feel the atmosphere! An excellent presentation, Dave! Thanks for sharing those brilliant shots and the history as well! Have a great day! Bravo and ****

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Zacko

5:35AM | Fri, 15 April 2005

WOW!!! That is an impressive building indeed!!!! Gorgeous even!!! You seem obsessed with these kind of buildings and im glad you are. Cause you show us so many historical and beautiful places. And doing so, also educating us...THANK YOU!!! Have a great weekend #:O)

soulofharmony

5:43AM | Fri, 15 April 2005

mmmm think lincoln is the finest city in England.. well apart from norwich haha absolutely marvellous composition and info.. love the montage and angle of shots showing the splendor of this unique cathedral.. excellent :)

LICORNEDECRISTAL

6:11AM | Fri, 15 April 2005

les photos de l interieur sont impressionnantes!!

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Bonker

7:04AM | Fri, 15 April 2005

An impressive building.

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Sekadhar

7:43AM | Fri, 15 April 2005

Fantastic, most impressive and beautiful! Excellent done!*****!

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RodolfoCiminelli

8:48AM | Fri, 15 April 2005

Wow!!! Impressive and imposing architecture!!! This cathedral has all the splendor of the Gothic architecture!!! Wonderful serie of photos!!! V

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marybelgium

9:21AM | Fri, 15 April 2005

Excellent shots ! Beautiful montage ...

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Stringy

10:04AM | Fri, 15 April 2005

I've only seen this one from a distance so its great to see all these close ups. Thanks for sharing all that info and have a good weekend.

solrac_gi_2nd

11:21AM | Fri, 15 April 2005

Your work is SUBLIME !!!

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SNAKEY

11:22AM | Fri, 15 April 2005

Pardon.... couldn't read all the details but I really enjoyed this image.:O))

Tedz

11:34AM | Fri, 15 April 2005

An amazing Edifice Sir!

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tommorules

12:02PM | Fri, 15 April 2005

Great info (virtually an essay!) on this fabulous place, the roof is amazing! I don't think I would have been able to resist breaking wind in here, just to test the acoustics!!

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blacq_nyght_vampyre

2:43PM | Fri, 15 April 2005

My goodness!! As I said before.... you should also put these in something historical/archival!! Amazingly beautiful!!! Thank you for sharing them.

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CDBrugg

3:25PM | Fri, 15 April 2005

impressive little place

Haeberle

4:31PM | Fri, 15 April 2005

Fantastic architecture ! I would like to test the acoustics too as Steve mentioned. I could sing....(hehe, don't panic, I wouldn't :-)

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Enmos

5:37PM | Fri, 15 April 2005

Wow magnificant cathedral !!! So beautiful, inside and out !!! Love the little inset you did !! Superb work Dave !! :o)

b2amphot

10:56PM | Fri, 15 April 2005

Oh wow... simply spectacular. Wonderful shots, especially like the magnificence shown in the bottom two pics.

tvernuccio

4:16AM | Sat, 16 April 2005

magnificent architecture!!! gorgeous pictures!!! would sure love to see this in person!

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chantal-france

12:10PM | Sat, 16 April 2005

A wonderful story illustrated by an also wonderful colage of shots of this roman cathedral :)) I live in France and you know how the culture was very close for this kind of monument in that time :)) I am very impressed by the beauty of this cathedral and by your shots showing us this wonder :)) thanks a lot :)) V

Pierre59

3:49PM | Sat, 16 April 2005

Excellente prentation, bravo !!! Vote

logiloglu

6:39PM | Sat, 16 April 2005

wow, wonderful and impressive shots. excellent presentation !!!!!!!!! #:O) !!!!!!!!

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sossy

10:54AM | Sun, 17 April 2005

awesome captures! stunning about such beautiful architecture and interior! fantastic artwork at the windows and so many incredible details! impressive columns and beautiful organ! ;o)

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