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1. West door 2. South tower & Consistory court 3. North tower & baptistry 4. Nave 5. Crossing 6. Choir 7. Lady Chapel 8. South porch 9. South aisle 10. South transept 11. South door 12. South choir aisle/St. Erasmus chapel 13. North aisle 14. North transpet 15. North choir aisle 16. St. Werburgh's chapel 17. Vestry 18. Vestibule 19. Chapter house 20. Slype 21. Monk's Parlour with Song School above it. 22. Refectory 23. Shop 24. Undercroft 25. Abbot's Passage 26. Cloister 27. Cloister garth 28. Reception 29. Memorial garden
a. Font b. RAF Memorial chapel c. Cheshire Regiment Memorial d. Monument to 1st Duke of Westminster e. St Mary Magdalen Chapel (Children's Chapel) f. St. Oswald's Chapel g. St. George's Chapel (Cheshire Regiment) h. St. Nicholas' Chapel i. Choir Stalls j. Bishop's Throne k. High Altar l. St. Werburgh's Shrine m . East Window n. organ o. Bishop Pearson's Tomb p. Cobweb painting q. Night Stairs r. Day Stairs s. Wall Pulpit t. Lavatorium u. Norman entrance to refectory v. Carells w. Scriptorium x. Fountain and Sculpture y. Education centre z. WCs
Exterior [ edit ] Cloister garth [ edit ] Back to Plan
Fountain and Sculpture [ edit ] Back to Plan
Memorial garden [ edit ] Back to Plan
Interior [ edit ] West door [ edit ] Back to Plan
South tower & Consistory court [ edit ] Back to Plan
North tower & baptistry [ edit ] Back to Plan
Nine Men's Morris board scratched into the base of the north column in the baptistry
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Crossing [ edit ] Back to Plan
Crossing vault
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Choir stalls, south [ edit ] Back to Plan
Choir stalls, north [ edit ] Back to Plan
Choir stall canopy detail
Lady Chapel [ edit ] Back to Plan
South porch [ edit ] Back to Plan
South aisle [ edit ] Back to Plan
South transept [ edit ] Back to Plan
South door [ edit ] Back to Plan
South choir aisle [ edit ] Back to Plan
North aisle [ edit ] Back to Plan
North transept [ edit ] Back to Plan
North choir aisle [ edit ] Back to Plan
St. Werburgh's chapel [ edit ] Back to Plan
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Vestibule [ edit ] Back to Plan
Chapter house [ edit ] Back to Plan
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Monk's Parlour [ edit ] Back to Plan
Refectory [ edit ] Back to Plan
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Undercroft [ edit ] Back to Plan
Abbot's Passage [ edit ] Back to Plan
Cloister [ edit ] Back to Plan
Reception [ edit ] Back to Plan
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Early Christian font with peacocks and the Alpha-Omega Chi-Rho sign.[1]
RAF Memorial chapel [ edit ] Back to Plan
Monument to 1st Duke of Westminster [ edit ] Back to Plan
Monument to the Hugh Grosvenor, 1st Duke of Westminster , C.J. Blomfield, 1902.[1]
Cheshire Regiment Memorial [ edit ] Back to Plan
St Mary Magdalen Chapel (Children's Chapel) [ edit ] Back to Plan
St. Oswald's Chapel [ edit ] Back to Plan
St. George's Chapel (Cheshire Regiment) [ edit ] Back to Plan
St. Nicholas' Chapel [ edit ] Back to Plan
Choir Stalls [ edit ] Back to Plan
Bishop's Throne [ edit ] Back to Plan
Farmer & Brindley to design by Scott. 1876.[2] Farmer & Brindley to design by Scott. 1876.[2]
High Altar [ edit ] Back to Plan
St. Werburgh's Shrine [ edit ] Back to Plan
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Bishop Pearson's Tomb [ edit ] Back to Plan
Cobweb painting [ edit ] Back to Plan
Night stairs [ edit ] Back to Plan
Day Stairs [ edit ] Back to Plan
Wall Pulpit [ edit ] Back to Plan
Lavatorium [ edit ] Back to Plan
Norman entrance to refectory [ edit ] Back to Plan
Carells [ edit ] Back to Plan
Scriptorium [ edit ] Back to Plan
Education centre [ edit ] Back to Plan
West window [ edit ] Back to Plan
Nave, south windows [ edit ] Back to Plan
Westminster window. 1 of 3. Abstract design, responding to the theme of continuity and change. 1092 to lower left pane. Alan Younger, 1992.[4] Westminster window. 2 of 3. Abstract design, responding to the theme of continuity and change. Alan Younger, 1992.[4] Westminster window. 3 of 3. Abstract design, responding to the theme of continuity and change. 1992 to lower right pane. Alan Younger, 1992.[4] William Wailes, 1862.[4]
Nave, north windows [ edit ] Back to Plan
Heaton, Butler & Bayne, 1890.[5]
Heaton, Butler & Bayne, 1890.[5] Heaton, Butler & Bayne, 1890.[5] Heaton, Butler & Bayne, 1890.[5] Heaton, Butler & Bayne, 1890.[5] Heaton, Butler & Bayne, 1890.[5]
South transept, south windows [ edit ] Back to Plan
missing image
The 1887 Great South window by Heaton, Butler and Bayne.[1]
South transept, west windows [ edit ] Back to Plan
Powell, 1892.[1] Charles Eamer Kempe, 1904.[1]
South transept, east windows [ edit ] Back to Plan
Heaton, Butler & Bayne, 1876.[1] Charles Eamer Kempe, 1890.[1] Charles Eamer Kempe, 1892.[1] Charles Eamer Kempe, 1902.[1]
East window [ edit ] Back to Plan
William Wailes, 1859.[6]
Lady chapel, south windows [ edit ] Back to Plan
William Wailes, 1859.[6] William Wailes, 1859.[6] William Wailes, 1859.[6]
North transept, east window [ edit ] Back to Plan
North choir aisle, north windows [ edit ] Back to Plan
Clayton & Bell, 1863.[2] Heaton, Butler & Bayne, 1863.[2] William Wailes, 1853.[2] William Wailes, 1859.[2]
St. Werburgh's chapel, east window [ edit ] Back to Plan
O'Connor, 1857.[6]
St. Werburgh's chapel, north windows [ edit ] Back to Plan
William Wailes, 1859.[2] William Wailes, 1859.[2]
Chapter house, east window [ edit ] Back to Plan
Heaton, Butler & Bayne, 1872.[7]
Slype, east window [ edit ] Back to Plan
Slype, northeast window [ edit ] Back to Plan
Choir, east window [ edit ] Back to Plan
Heaton, Butler and Bayne, 1884.[2]
South choir aisle, south windows [ edit ] Back to Plan
crop and level crop and levelA.W.N. Pugin , 1850.[8] crop and level[8] crop and level[8]
Chapel of Saint Erasmus windows [ edit ] Back to Plan
left window missing Clayton and Bell, 1872[8]
Clayton and Bell, 1872[8] Clayton and Bell, 1872[8] Clayton and Bell, 1872[8]
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