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Exeter Cathedral, properly known as the Cathedral Church of Saint Peter in Exeter, is an Anglican cathedral, and the seat of the Bishop of Exeter, in the city of Exeter, Devon, in South West England. The present building was complete by about 1400 and has several notable features, including an early set of misericords , an astronomical clock ...
The original cathedral was built in a Norman, or Romanesque, style, officials said. However, the building underwent a massive rebuild in the decorated gothic style between 1270 and 1350. Exeter is ...
The largest orchestra based in Exeter is the EMG Symphony Orchestra. [173] Chris Martin, lead singer of rock band Coldplay, was born in Exeter and grew up in a Grade II-listed Georgian house in the nearby village of Whitestone. [174] He was educated at Exeter Cathedral School during his early teens. [175]
Dating from 1112 to 1519, Exeter Cathedral is the major example of a cathedral built mainly in the later Decorated Gothic style of the 14th century. It has an impressive vault, the longest medieval vault in the world, which runs between two Norman towers placed, uniquely among the cathedrals, over the transepts.
1136 – Exeter besieged by forces of Stephen, King of England. [1] 1190 – Old Exe Bridge construction began. 1207 – Mayor in office. 1214 – Old Exe Bridge construction finished (approximate). 1236 – Nunnery founded. [7] 1348 – Order of Brothelyngham, an anti-religious group, active in the city. 1400 – Exeter Cathedral built ...
Exeter Cathedral (1112–1400) was built in Norman style in 1133, then rebuilt in Decorated Style beginning in 1258. It was constructed with local stone, including Purbeck Marble . Completed in 1400, it claims to have the longest uninterrupted vaulted ceiling of any Gothic cathedral.
‘South Tower of Exeter Cathedral’, attributed to W. Davey, about 1800-1830. The present cathedral was begun by William de Warelhurst in 1112, the transept towers he built being the only surviving part of the Norman building, which was completed by Marshall at the close of the twelfth century. The cathedral is dedicated to St Peter.
Statue of Hugh Oldham at Manchester Grammar School Canting arms of Oldham: Sable, a chevron or between three owls argent on a chief of the second three roses gules. Hugh Oldham (c. 1452 – 25 June 1519) was an English cleric who was Bishop of Exeter (1505–19) and a notable patron of education as a founder and patron of Manchester Grammar School and Corpus Christi College, Oxford.