John Wastell
Illustration — The fan vault in Bell Harry Tower John Wastell (c. 1460 – c.1518) was an English gothic architect and master mason responsible for the fan vaulted ceiling and other features of King's College Chapel, Cambridge, the crossing tower (Bell Harry Tower) of Canterbury Cathedral, and sections of Peterborough Cathedral. He also worked on Bury St Edmunds Abbey.
John Wastell
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- 1460
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- Kingdom of England
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- architect
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Illustration — The fan vault in Bell Harry Tower John Wastell (c. 1460 – c.1518) was an English gothic architect and master mason responsible for the fan vaulted ceiling and other features of King's College Chapel, Cambridge, the crossing tower (Bell Harry Tower) of Canterbury Cathedral, and sections of Peterborough Cathedral. He also worked on Bury St Edmunds Abbey.
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In addition he contributed to a number of churches in East Anglia, including St Mary's, Saffron Walden. The choir of Manchester Cathedral has been attributed to him, but this suggestion is dismissed by biographer Francis Woodman; Pevsner's guide suggests it was the work of masons associated with his workshop.
• Illustration — Bell Harry Tower Canterbury Cathedral • Illustration — Fan vaulting in the retro-choir, Peterborough Cathedral • Illustration — Vaulting, King's College Chapel, Cambridge • Illustration — Choir of Manchester Cathedral • Illustration — St Mary's Church, Saffron Walden
Bell Harry Tower seen through Butchery Lane
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Canterbury Cathedral, Bell Harry Tower
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1460
John Wastell born.
1515
John Wastell died.
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- 1.Curl, James Stevens. Oxford Dictionary of Architecture. Oxford University Press. 824. 2016. 978-0-19-967499-2.
- 2.St Mary's Church, Saffron Walden : Historical Guide. www.stmaryssaffronwalden.org.
- 3.Killip, Sophie. Five English cathedrals that are architectural treasures, chosen by Antic Disposition. FX. 31 October 2018.
- 4.Woodman, F. Medieval Art, Architecture and Archaeology in Cambridge. 2002.
- 5.Hartwell, Clare. Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East. 25. 2004.
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