Figures Referred To
Fig. 1 | Fig. 2 | Fig. 3 |
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The Pans Port | The Precenter's manse | The boundary wall of the Archdeacon's manse with rounded arch gate |
Fig. 4 | Fig. 5 | Fig. 6 | Fig. 7 |
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The 1224 establishment and then the enlargement after 1270 | North wall of choir showing traces of blocked in windows | The south wall of the south transept | Integrated tower/nave construction |
Fig. 8 | Fig. 9 | Fig. 10 | Fig. 11 | Fig. 12 | Fig. 13 | Fig. 14 |
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The octagonal chapter house on the left, behind it indications of the now missing north choir aisle | The nave in the foreground, the transepts in the middle ground and the choir and choir aisles in the rear ground | Tomb and effigy of Bishop John Winchester in the south aisle of the choir (1435–1460) | West gable apex and arms of Bishopric of Moray (left), Royal arms of Scotland (centre) and Bishop Columba de Dunbar (right) | The 15th century replacement windows in the 13th century openings | Inside the chapter house and the central column supporting the vaulted ceiling | The bishop and dignitaries bench within the chapter house |
Fig. 15 | Fig. 16 | Fig. 17 | Fig. 18 | Fig. 19 | Fig. 20 | Fig. 21 |
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The replacement of the missing form pieces and mullions and decorative ribs in the window in the north-east wall of the chapter house | Partial dismantling of some of the 19th-century buttressing in 1930s | The rebuilt sections of the nave piers using recovered pieces | External roofing of the vault in the south choir in 1939 | During the last forty years of the 20th century there was constant replacement of crumbling stonework | Between 1976 and 1988, the chapter house window tracery was gradually replaced and its re-roofing completed the process | Floors, glazing, and a new roof were added to the west towers between 1988 and 2000 |
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