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Lincoln Cathedral features two major rose windows, which are a highly uncommon feature among medieval architecture in England. On the north side of the cathedral is the "Dean's Eye" which survives from the original structure of the building and on the south side is the "Bishop's Eye" which was most likely rebuilt c. 1325 –1350.
1075–88 – Remigius begins construction of the first Lincoln Cathedral. 1092 – The first Lincoln Cathedral is consecrated soon after the death in May of Bishop Remigius. 1110 – A fire devastates Lincoln. [6] 1121 – King Henry I orders the Foss Dyke navigation to be improved. [6] [7] 1123 – A fire devastates Lincoln. [1] 1141
A Pictorial History of Worcester Cathedral. Pitkin. ASIN B0028BVHXI. Morris, Richard (1979). Cathedrals and abbeys of England and Wales: the building church, 600-1540. Dent. ISBN 9780460043342. Swaan, Wim (1988). The Gothic Cathedral. Omega Books. ISBN 978-0-907853-48-0. Swaan, Wim (1988). Art and Architecture of the Late Middle Ages. Omega Books.
1070 – Rebuilding of York Minster in England begins. [2] 1070 – Construction of Dudley Castle in England by Ansculf de Picquigny begins. 1070 – Construction of Richmond Castle in Yorkshire, England begins. 1072 – Construction of Lincoln Cathedral in England begins. [3] 1075 – Würzburg Cathedral reconstruction completed (begun in 1045).
Athelhampton House - built 1493–1550, early in the period Leeds Castle, reign of Henry VIII Hardwick Hall, Elizabethan prodigy house. The Tudor architectural style is the final development of medieval architecture in England and Wales, during the Tudor period (1485–1603) and even beyond, and also the tentative introduction of Renaissance architecture to Britain.
The architecture of England is the architecture of modern England and in the historic Kingdom of England. It often includes buildings created under English influence or by English architects in other parts of the world, particularly in the English and later British colonies and Empire , which developed into the Commonwealth of Nations .
Henry VII, the future king of England (r. 1485-1509), is born to parents Edmund Tudor and Margaret Beaufort. 1485: 22 August: Battle of Bosworth Field (Battle of Bosworth): the last significant battle of the Wars of the Roses, the civil war between the Houses of Lancaster and York. Richard III, the last Plantagenet king was killed, succeeded by ...
Many were elaborately decorated with tracery; that is, thin mullions or ribs of stone which divided the windows into elaborate geometric patterns, as at Lincoln Cathedral (1220) Rose Windows were relatively rare in England, but Lincoln Cathedral has two notable examples from this period. The oldest is the Dean's Window in the north transept ...