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Lincoln Cathedral, also called Lincoln Minster and formally the Cathedral Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Lincoln, is a Church of England cathedral in Lincoln, England. It is the seat of the bishop of Lincoln and is the mother church of the diocese of Lincoln. The cathedral is governed by its dean and chapter, and is a grade I listed building.
They were constructed from the 12th century, reaching completion and their maximum height in the 1310s (1314 and 1311 respectively). Lincoln Cathedral's spire collapsed in 1549, and its previous height was not surpassed elsewhere for a long time. St. Mary's Church in Stralsund became the world's tallest building after the collapse of the ...
From 1311, when the spire of Lincoln Cathedral surpassed the height of the Great Pyramid of Giza, until the Washington Monument was completed in 1884, a succession of church buildings held this title. The tallest church building in the world is the Ulm Minster (161.5 m), the main Lutheran congregation in Ulm, Germany.
Lincoln Cathedral: 83 272 Lincoln, Lincolnshire: Formerly tallest building the world from 1311 to 1549 when spire collapsed in a storm. Tallest medieval non-spired church in the country. [19] [20] 17 Boston Stump: 81 271 Boston, Lincolnshire: Architectural height 267 feet. [21] 18 Derry, St Eugene's Cathedral: 78 256 Derry [22] 19 Kilburn, St ...
It was rebuilt with reinforced pillar vaults with additional rib in the 14th century. The transept was completed in the 1560s and was capped with a stone and wood spire 150 meters high. Unfortunately, the spire collapsed in 1573, and the cathedral was left unfinished, with only the choir and transept completed. [30]
Lincoln Cathedral has three towers, with the central tower 83 metres (272 ft). Tall Gothic central spires remain at Salisbury and Norwich, that at Chichester having been rebuilt in the 19th century after its collapse. The spire of Salisbury at 404 feet (123 m) is the tallest in Britain.
Spire collapsed around 1500. Lincoln Cathedral: 159.7 m 524 ft 1549–1921 (372 years) Church United Kingdom Lincoln: Spire collapsed in 1549. New Brighton Tower: 172.8 m 567 ft 1921–1936 (15 years) Lattice Tower United Kingdom Liverpool: Dismantled from 1919 to 1921. US Naval Radio Station Pearl Harbor, 3 identical towers [15] 183 m 600 ft
c. 1175–1640. Location. Kingdom of England. English Gothic is an architectural style that flourished from the late 12th until the mid-17th century. [ 1 ][ 2 ] The style was most prominently used in the construction of cathedrals and churches. Gothic architecture's defining features are pointed arches, rib vaults, buttresses, and extensive use ...