The document summarizes key details about Salisbury Cathedral in England. It was completed between 1220-1258 and has the tallest spire in the UK at 404 feet. The cathedral shows early examples of Gothic architecture and contains one of only four surviving original copies of the Magna Carta. Its design includes a large transept dividing the building, arched doors and windows, and an east-facing layout with an emphasis on illumination.

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SALISBURY
CATHEDRAL
ENGLAND

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INTRODUCTION
 Thebuilding isregardedasone of the leadingexamples of early gothic
architecture.
 Itsmainbody wascompleted in 38 years,from 1220to 1258.
 Thespire, buildin 1320,at404ft ( 123m),hasbeen the tallest church spireI
united kingdomsince 1561.
 It containsa clock whichisamong the oldest workingexamples. in the
world

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 LOCATION : SALISBURY,WILTSHIRE
 COUNTRY: ENGLAND
 ARCHITECT: RICHARDPOORE, ELIASOF DEREHAM
 STYLE: EARLYENGLISHGOTHIC
 YEARS BUILT: 1220- 1320

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 The presentiteration of Salisbury Cathedralwas completed in just 38 years, from 1220 to
1258 during the tenure of Bishop Richard Poore who donatedthe landupon which the
cathedralwas built.
 In total,the cathedralwas built with 70,000 tons of stone, 3,000 tons of timber and 450
tons of lead.
 The Anglican cathedralin the south-west county of Wiltshire (eight miles from
Stonehenge)is one of Britain’s finest examplesof Early EnglishGothic architecture
(established in Englandwith the completionof Canterbury Cathedralin 1175) and
interestinglyis one of onlythreecathedrals in Englandto lack a ring of bells.
 However,the undoubted star attraction is the presence of perhaps the single most
important document in all of English history – the MagnaCarta. Only four copies have
survived since 1215 and Salisbury has the best preserved.

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GROUND FLOOR PLAN
 It is entirely made up of rectangles.
 Its fame lies in its harmonious
proportions .
 From the exterior, where the
massing of the various horizontal
parts in contrast to the vertical of
the spire make it one of the most
famous architectural compositions
of the Medieval period.

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A large extensive transept divides the building in the
middle
 The layout forms the shape of cross.
 Upon its four piers, the crossing may support a
spire
 On the exterior, it is marked by a 160-foot (48.8m)
spire.
Behind the smaller transept, there are a number of
buildings that gradually becomes lower. as we move
eastwards: a high choir, a rectangular ambulatory, and
a low eastern chapel.

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 Theaxisiseast/westwithexternal
emphasisupon the west front
whichis themainentrance.
 Theinternal emphasisupon the
easternend so that the
congregationfacesthe directionof
the comingof Christ.
 Thearchitecturalfeaturesof the
eastend focuses on enhancing
interiorillumination by the sun.

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 Notable for itsoctagonalshape, central pillar anddecoratemedieval
frieze.
 It isa beautiful example of the GeometricalDecoratedStyle
 It hasribvaults fanningout froma slender central pillar.

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Navelookingeastfrom the gallery
 The nave isstrikingfor its great
heightandunusual
narrowness.
 It createsa visual rhythm dueto
the use of lightgrey Chilmark
stonefor the walls anddark
polished Purbeck marbles for
columns.

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 Theopenings (doorsand
windows)inthe walls of the
buildingshavearchedheads.

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 The main door at the west facade.
 In the first transitional period (twelfth
century) semicircular and pointed arches
are both metwith, and are other both
employed in the same part of the building.
 The large doorway is subsided into two and
approached by porches.
 The doorway is covered with a lintel, the
whole being under an archway, this left a
space above the head of the door which is
occupied by carving often of great beauty.
Salisbury Cathedral Windows at the east end

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 The windows are long, narrow andwith a
pointed headresemblingthe bladeof a
lancet.
 The glassis generallynearthe outside face
of the wall, andthe sides of the openings
are splayed towards the inside.
 It is very customary to place these lancet
windows in groups.
 A common arrangementto designingsuch
a group was to make the central lightthe
highest, and to graduate the heightof the
others.

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