Beneath the crossing at Ripon is what is left of a crypt
AD 672; no other cathedral has anything as ancient under its stones. Originally
St Wilfred, the missionary, returned from Rome and built his church on a
basilican pattern. Every piece was swept away in 950. In 1080 the Normans moved in.
However
Ripon is prized for its Early English and Transitional styles, there is a
ripping example of the latter in the south transept wall with a mix of
semi-circular and pointed arches.
Sir Ninian
Comper, a Scottish born architect and one of the last of the great Gothic
Revival architects contributes an eastern reredos (1922).
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