IMAGES OF MEDIEVAL ART AND ARCHITECTURE

BRITAIN: ENGLAND
BRISTOL (CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF THE HOLY AND UNDIVIDED TRINITY -
formerly ABBEY CHURCH OF ST. AUGUSTINE)

© Alison Stones

Plan- Adapted from Massé
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• Total Length, external - 300 ft
• Total Length, Internal 284 ft.
• Length of Nave 125 feet
• Width, including aisles 69 ft.
• Length of transept 115 feet
• Width of transept 29 feet
• Height to vault in nave 52 ft.
• Height to vault in Choir 50 feet
• Area 22,556 square ft.

Click on one of the following images to see more about that aspect of Saint Augustine's Abbey in Bristol
Exterior	Interior	Other Monastic Buildings

• Founded as an abbey for Augustinian (black) Canons ca 1140. First patron was Robert Fitzhardinga a burgess of Bristol
• Church consecrated on Easter Day, 1148
• "Elder" lady chapel built between 1215 and 1234
• Choir rebuilt ca 1306
• In 1542, Henry VIII made Bristol an episcopal see with the Abbey church as its Cathedral
• Nave completed in 1877

Bettey, J. H.Bristol Cathedral : the rebuilding of the nave /[Bristol] : Bristol Branch of the Historical Association, 1993.

Bony, Jean. The English decorated style : Gothic architecture transformed, 1250-1350. Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, 1979. ISBN 0801412439

Britton, John. The history and antiquities of the Abbey, and Cathedral Church of Bristol London : Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1830

Burroughs, Edward Arthur, Bristol Cathedral; its history, architecture, associations and mission.Bristol, Published for the Cathedral Renovation Fund by Partridge & Love, 1924. L.C.Number: NA971.B86 B9

Cave, C. J. P. .The roof bosses of Bristol cathedral. [London?] Pub. by the Friends of Bristol cathedral and produced by R. Tuck & sons, ltd. 1935

Fairbairns, Arnold. Bristol cathedral London : Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, uuuu uuuu

 Fitzgerald, Maurice H. The story of Bristol Cathedral. London: Raphael Tuck, 1936

Fletcher, Reginald James. A history of Bristol Cathedral gathered from documents in the possession of the Dean and Chapter. London, 1932

Gomme,Andor, Michael Jenner, Bryan Little. Bristol, an architectural history . London : Lund Humphries, 1979.
LC Number NA971.B86 G6

Harrison, D. E. W. Bristol Cathedral : the Cathedral Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity. [London : Pitkin Pictorials, c1975] LC Number: DA690.B8 H37

Harrison, D. E. W Bristol Cathedral [Derby] : English Life, 1984.

Harrison, D. E. W.. A walk round Bristol Cathedral : a guide to the main points of interest ...  [Bristol] ([The Cathedral, Bristol]) : Friends of Bristol Cathedral, 1976 1960

 Leversage, Peter., and others. An illustrated history of Bristol Cathedral : its antiquities and monuments  Clifton : E. Austin & Son, 1888

Massé, H.J.L.J.. Cathedral church of Bristol; a description of its fabric and a brief history of the episcopal see. London, G. Bell & sons, 1910. LC Number: NA971.B86 M4

Norris, John Pilkington. Early history and architecture of Bristol cathedral.  Bristol, J.E. Chillcott, 1888

Pevsner, Nikolaus. North Somerset and Bristol.[Harmondsworth, Eng.] Penguin Books [1958}LC Number: NA969.S69 P5n

Ross, James. The cathedral church of Bristol : historical and descriptive handbook Gloucester : British Pub. Co., 1937

Smith, M Q, and others. The stained glass of Bristol Cathedral  Bristol : Redcliffe, 1983

M.Thurlby,'Wells Cathedral and Bristol Elder Lady Chapel Revisited' Friends of Wells Cathedral Annual Report 1991 14-19

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