The early west front of Lincoln Cathedral

This paper is the result of an archaeological survey of what remains of the Romanesque chambers and staircases found within the west front of Lincoln Cathedral. It provides evidence, for the first time, that Remigius had begun to build a symmetrically planned west front, complementing the three arched bays to the west and the arch to the south, with a further one on the north west elevation, not the plain wall and low arch we see today. It is argued that, rather than an example of an early fortified church or lord's tower, as proposed by some scholars, the Romanesque west front of Lincoln Cathedral has within it evidence of a liturgical architectural form which was to be developed fully in thirteenth century west fronts, most famously at Wells and Salisbury

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• XXV.— The Plan of the First Cathedral Church of Lincoln

  Open Access•John Bilson•Archaeologia•1911

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• Stairway to Heaven

  TOBY HUITSON•Stairway to Heaven•2014

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• The Architectural History Of Lincoln Cathedral

  Precentor Venables•Archaeological Journal•1883

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• The Early West Front of Lincoln Cathedral

  David Taylor•Archaeological Journal•2010

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• Behind the Romanesque Frieze at Lincoln Cathedral

  Lawrence Butler, Lawrence E Butler et al.•Archaeological Journal•2015

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• Lapides Reclamaeunt

  Open Access•Roger Stalley•The Antiquaries Journal•2006

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• Medieval Fortifications

  Kelly Devries, John R Kenyon•Technology and Culture•1993

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