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ECCLESIASTICAL ARCHITECTURE 471
Redcliflfe at Bristol, or rather, the
existing Gothic
porch enlarged by the addition of a domed
outer porch, producing on a smaller scale an of
variety
ofspaces as between the new building and
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FIG. 104. Wells Cathedra!: Plan of choir .and eastern extension
the simple rectangular vaulted structure to which it was
attached. Perhaps the most grandiose example of this fashion
was undertaken at Ely cathedral as a result of the accident In
1322 when the central tower fell, destroying
the older I.e.
western part ofthe original eastern limb. In the rebuilding of
the crossing and central tower an octagon some 70 feet across
was devised by taking Into the crossing space one bay'ofeach of
the main limbs of the church* This great octagonal central