Cathedral Church Of The Holy And Undivided Trinity

Early C12 nave originally seven bays, now two bays with a fragment of the third bay remaining as buttresses, with aisles and north vestry.

South transept also C12 with C13 chantry chapel (dedicated to St Catherine)

north transept is late C14 incorporating part of C12 structure Tower rebuilt late C14/early C15.

INTERIOR: 7-bay choir is internally C13 but completed in the late C14, the east window is probably c1380.

Nave has triforium and clerestory in Norman style with some internal distortion due to subsidence

the west wall is c.1652 with 1870 windows

Blocked south doorway to cloisters appears to have been C12.

South transept of similar Norman details, the south door is 1856 (here originally the dormitory range joined the Cathedral and roof line can be seen externally)

chapel has panelled and traceried wooden screens of late C15.

former external window now internal, lit the crossing when the transept had a flat roof Choir has C13 arches on clustered columns with elaborately carved capitals representing the 12 seasons.

C15 choir stalls with later C15 mural painting on the backs.

Barrel-vaulted ceiling is painted with stars on a blue ground and coats-of-arms of local gentry East window contains medieval glass in tracery head, the lower glass having been removed in 1764, was replaced with the present plain glass in 1862.

I believe that this is the oldest window in Carlisle Cathedral.

© Anne Burgess