Author:  Hubert C. Corlette

Release Date:  August 30, 2004 [EBook #13331]

Language:  English

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[Illustration:  Chichester cathedral from the south.]

The cathedral church of Chichester

A SHORT HISTORY & DESCRIPTION OF ITS FABRIC WITH AN ACCOUNT OF THE DIOCESE AND SEE

Hubert C. Corlette

A.R.I.B.A.

With XLV illustrations

London George bell & sons 1901

PREFACE.

All the facts of the following history were supplied to me by many authorities.  To a number of these, references are given in the text.  But I wish to acknowledge how much I owe to the very careful and original research provided by Professor Willis, in his “Architectural History of the Cathedral”; by Precentor Walcott, in his “Early Statutes” of Chichester; and Dean Stephen, in his “Diocesan History.”  The footnotes, which refer to the latter work, indicate the pages in the smaller edition.  But the volume could never have been completed without the great help given to me on many occassions by Prebendary Bennett.  His deep and intimate knowledge of the cathedral structure and its history was always at my disposal.  It is to him, as well as to Dr. Codrington and Mr. Gordon P.G.  Hills, I am still further indebted for much help in correcting the proofs and for many valuable suggestions.

H.C.C.

C O N T E N T S.

CHAP.  PAGE

I. History of the cathedral............... 3

II.  The exterior.......................... 51

III.  The interior.......................... 81

 IV.  The diocese and see:  Other buildings in the city ... 101

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

Chichester Cathedral from the South.... Frontispiece
Arms of the See........................ Title
Longitudinal Section, about 1815........................ 2
Chichester Cathedral from the East...................... 3
The West Front, about 1836.............................. 7
View through the South Triforium of the Nave............ 9
The Clerestory Passage, Nave, South Side............... 11
Historical Section from Willis......................... 13
The Clerestory, North Side of Nave..................... 14
Pier-Capitals in the Retro-Choir....................... 16
Transverse Sections from Willis........................ 18
The Cathedral from the South-East, about 1836.......... 25
The South Transept, about 1836......................... 27