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IMG_7551-Edit.jpg Wells Cathedral - Wells, Somerset - © A Santillo 2017

The inverted 'scissor' arches (and ceiling) at the east end of the Nave (view from southern side Transept), built from 1338-1348 to brace the tower when its west side began to sink. This spectacular feat of medieval engineering was the brainchild of master mason, William Joy.


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