Saturday 13th September
14:00 - 15:00
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Come to enjoy and learn by joining this Special Interest Tour as part of a Heritage Open Days event in Wells with the Cathedral, St Cuthbert's and Wells Museum.
For more information on all the activities across all 3 sites please click this link The splendid stones of Wells
Cathedral Tour
A specialist guide will introduce you to the masons – Master, quarryman, banker and journeyman – who created the first fully Gothic cathedral in this country: their tools, training travels, specializations and the stone of course.
You will firstly discover the meaning of the renowned West Front. Then to inside, to see a selection of the masons’ superlative work, whether structural or decorative. For instance, the enigmatic stiff-leaf capitals (Pevsner: “The best place in England [or elsewhere?] to study and enjoy ...”), headstops present or (missing?), corbels, roundels, piers, shafts, delicate frills, oddities – and the mysterious green men.
You may even glimpse the allied trades of carpenter, mortar-maker and blacksmith.
Booking Tickets
We recommend pre-booking for this tour to avoid any disappointment.
On the day, tickets will be available to pick up from St Cuthbert's Church in Wells, where can join in the activities there too-The splendid stones of Wells
Where to meet your guide
Outside the New Entry Cloister a few minutes before your tour start time a Guide will meet you and take you to the tour start point.