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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 15 NE 1302 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | N. E. Transept & Chapels of St. Stephen & St. Martin, Christchurch Cathedral |
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Summary
After the great fire of 1174 which destroyed the eastern end of Lanfranc's Cathedral it took almost ten years of rebuilding before the cathedral was once again complete.
| Grid Reference: | TR 1512 5793 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR15NE |
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| Parish: | CANTERBURY, CANTERBURY, KENT |
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Monument Types
- CHAPEL (Medieval to Unknown - 1174 AD)
- CHAPEL (Medieval to Unknown - 1174 AD)
Full description
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After the great fire of 1174 which destroyed the eastern end of Lanfranc's Cathedral it took almost ten years of rebuilding before the cathedral was once again complete. The north east transept formed part of this rebuilding programme and when the two chapels, dedicated to St. Stephen and St. Martin, with rounded apses, contained in the transept were finished, glass illustrating scenes from the lives of the Saints were set up in the windows of each chapel.
John Newman, 1969, The Buildings of England: North East and East Kent (Monograph). SKE7874.
Ingram Hill, D., 1976, Christ's Glorious Church, The Story of Canterbury Cathedral (Monograph). SKE30200.
Blockley, K., Sparks, M. & Tatton-Brown, T., 1997, Canterbury Cathedral Nave, Archaeology, History and Architecture (Monograph). SKE29723.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | --- | Monograph: Blockley, K., Sparks, M. & Tatton-Brown, T.. 1997. Canterbury Cathedral Nave, Archaeology, History and Architecture. |
| --- | Monograph: Ingram Hill, D.. 1976. Christ's Glorious Church, The Story of Canterbury Cathedral. |
| --- | Monograph: John Newman. 1969. The Buildings of England: North East and East Kent. |
