Southwark Cathedral

CROSSING and TRANSEPTS
Stilted Arch

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Crossing and Transepts
Austin monument
Lockyer monument
Blisse monument
Harvard chapel
Stilted arch
The candelabrum
Cardinal Beaufort's arms
Bingham monument

Wigan monument

Choir and Retro-Choir

An unusual feature of the Cathedral is this stilted arch which often goes unnoticed by visitors. The arch, bearing traces of possible medieval colouring, is distorted to accommodate a spiral staircase running up to the top of the tower.

Stilted Arch

 

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