The superb Chapter House (1306) has a series of worn steps up to this most sumptuous meeting room.
From the bottom, biblical scenes are depicted rising to kings, bishops, and angels until the twelve apostles and Christ at the very top. The magnificent West Front, which dates from around 1230, is one of the largest galleries of medieval sculpture in the world. There is evidence that there has been a church at this site since the 8th century. The cathedral was built between 11 and is the seat of the Bishop of Bath and Wells, who resides at the nearby Bishop's Palace. Andrew) is rightly celebrated as one of the UK’s most beautiful churches. The gatehouse on the left is known as Penniless Porch as that was where beggars would gather Wells Cathedral Islington House, located on a country lane just a stone's throw from the moat of the Bishop's Palace in Wells, offers B & B and self-catering accommodationsĬathedral Green is the large lawned area in front of Wells Cathedral. Located 21 miles southwest of Bath, and close to Glastonbury, Wells offers 900 years of history, a weekly market and some superb architecture.
The magnificent Medieval cathedral qualifies tiny Wells in Somerset as a city, the second smallest in England, in fact, after the City of London. Wonderful Wells: England's second smallest city Wells Cathedral at sunset reflected in the moat of the Bishop's Palace
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