Durham Cathedral exterior west towers

Photographer

De Smet, Arthur

Date

• ca. 1972-ca. 2018

Summary

• The three lower levels are Norman. The upper levels are Early English but in a Transitional form. There are pointed arches on two levels with openings and blind arcades but round arches on the top and intervening levels. All of the shafts have Early English rolled capitals but shaft annulets only on the levels with pointed arches. At the top is a corbel table with chevrons. The battlements are Perpendicular.