Building Dates
Present Cathedral begun c.1175
West Front started c.1220
Undercroft completed c.1242
Chapter House Steps and Chapter House resumed 1286
Chapter House completed 1306
Lady Chapel completed 1326
Central Tower heightened 1313-22
Eastward extension of Presbytery 1326-40
Scissor-arches 1338-48
Vicars’ Hall completed 1348
Vicars’ houses completed by 1363
Vicars Close Chapel c.1424-30
Vicars’ Close chimneys completed c.1470
South-West Tower c.1384
North-West Tower c.1430-36
Chain Gate 1459
South Cloister (last original work on Cathedral) completed 1508
Works Department (Maintenance workshops) 2006
Friends Building for Education & Music 2007
New Shop & Restaurant 2008

Dimensions
Total Length 126.5 metres (415 feet)
Width across transepts 47 metres (153 feet)
Width of Nave and Aisles 20.5 metres (67 feet)
Width of West Front 45 metres (147 feet)
Height of Central Tower 55 metres (182 feet)
Height of Nave 20.5 metres (67 feet)
Height of Quire 22 metres (73 feet)
Height of Western Tower 38 metres (124 feet)

(Measurements are approximate, depending on start/finish points)

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