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St Albans Cathedral

St Albans Cathedral is the cathedral and abbey church of St Alban in St Albans, England. The fabric combines large-scale Norman (11th-century) work with later Gothic rebuilding and additions, and it contains the shrine of St Amphibalus.

Photograph via Wikimedia Commons

First raised

1001

Its prime

1450

Today

Restored

As it stood in 1450

What St Albans Cathedral looked like in its prime.

A long cruciform church of mixed stone and flint: a warm honey-coloured stone west façade with three deep arched doorways and a large traceried window above, flanked by short turreted towers; long aisled nave with a clerestory and repeated buttressed bays in flint and stone; a massive square, multi-stage brick crossing tower rising above the centre with battlements; low-pitched roofs and a broad grassed forecourt with simple iron rail.

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8 places to explore in 1450.

The record describes 8 distinct spots at St Albans Cathedralincluding 5 interiors: nave looking east toward the crossing, beneath the central crossing tower (interior), north nave arcades (original norman work) and more. Create your own photoreal reconstruction and walk through every one — more scenes means more photos, more angles and more of the immersive experience.

West front approach (lawn)Nave looking east toward the crossingBeneath the central crossing tower (interior)North nave arcades (original Norman work)South aisle exterior and buttressesPresbytery and shrine of St AmphibalusTransept and eastern aislesAbbey Gateway (monastic entrance)

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