largest churches in England. The earliest parts of the existing building date from the eleventh century; the choir was built in the thirteenth, and the Lady-Chapel in the fourteenth. The fine tower is Norman. An extensive, and not especially successful, restoration of the buildings including a new Early English west front with a large decorated window, has recently been completed.

Exeter Cathedral, though comparatively small and unimposing, is, in virtue of its details, one of the most admirable examples in England of the Geometrical Decorated style. The oldest existing parts of the building are the transeptal towers, dating from the early part of the twelfth century, almost unique features in English churches. The rest of the cathedral was built, or, at any rate, altered from Norman to Decorated, between 1280 and 1370, mainly from designs of Bishop Quivil. The elaborate west façade was added by Bishop Brantyngham (1370-1394). The whole has been carefully restored.

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EXETER CATHEDRAL: WEST FRONT