Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Manchester / A Short History and Description of the Church and of the Collegiate Buildings now known as Chetham's Hospital

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A concise history and architectural guide to Manchester Cathedral and the adjoining collegiate buildings now forming Chetham's Hospital. The narrative surveys the site's early origins and medieval endowment, describes successive building phases and restorations, and offers detailed examinations of exterior and interior features—porches, tower, nave, choir screens, chapels, cloisters and fittings—illustrated with photographs, plans, and drawings. It also provides a brief account of the parish and diocesan development and a focused study of the hospital and library complex, including the hall, cloister walks, and reading rooms, blending documentary history with descriptive architectural analysis.

PLAN OF MANCHESTER CATHEDRAL.

FOOTNOTES:

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It states that the churches of St. Mary and St. Michael hold one carucate (that is, about 100 acres) of land quit of all taxes save the Danegelt.

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A triforium in purely Perpendicular buildings is rare.

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The height of the central line of the roof (50 feet) is not quite double the span (27 feet).

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St. George and St. Denys, patron saints of England and France, were added to the dedication at the time that the church became collegiate, Henry V. being King of England and France.

Transcriber's Notes:

Minor obvious typographic errors have been corrected. Otherwise, inconsistencies in the usage of capitalization, accents and spelling, etc. have been preserved as printed.