Hunter's Moon at Wells Cathedral - a photo on Flickriver

            Deeply romantic yet squat and robust, Wells Cathedral, the Cathedral of St Andrew the Apostle, is mostly in Early English style. Construction was started in 1175 by Bishop Reginald FitzJocelyn on the site of a Saxon abbey built by St Aldhelm in 705; it replaced Sherborne as the seat of an episcopal see in 909, and it was removed again to Bath after the Norman Conquest in 1090. The new building begun by FitzJocelyn was intended from its inception to facilitate a return of the episcopal seat to Wells. The bulk of the work was finished by 1326.

The magnificent West Front, with 300 sculpted figures, followed in the years after 1365 under master mason William Wynford.

The Cathedral fell into disrepair under Oliver Cromwell, and after a happy interlude during the Restoration was again damaged by Puritan soldiers during the Monmouth Rebellion, who damaged the West Front and stabled their horses in the nave.

Wells Cathedral is the seat of the Bishops of Bath and Wells.

Taken in: UK / England / Mendip District / Wells (show map)

Taken on: October 11, 2022

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Camera: Nikon D750, f/9.0, 15 sec, 38mm, ISO 200 (more info) (hide info)

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