This is the image by which the present cathedral is best known and is one of its great glories. The magnificent west façade, built between 1209 and 1250, is 100 feet high and 150 feet wide - exactly twice the width of the Nave which it terminates. There are niches for more than 500 figure sculptures, most of them larger than lifesize. Wells’ west front is unique in retaining almost 300 of its original medieval statues.
All my images posted to this Website have been taken either with a Canon EOS 5D Mk.I or a Canon EOS 5D Mk.II. with a Zeiss Distagon T 21mm f/2.8 ZE lens. This image was made with the Mk.II. Regards Stephen
More than simply an historic house and garden, this splendid medieval Palace has been the home of the Bishops of Bath and Wells for 800 years.
There are 14 acres of gardens including the springs from which the city takes its name.
Visitors can also see the Bishop's private Chapel, ruined Great Hall and the Gatehouse with portcullis and drawbridge beside which the famous mute swans ring a bell for food.
Great lens indeed. Glad to see some more M42 lenses here!
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