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British architecture timeline
1093
Work begins on a new cathedral in Durham, which will become an outstanding example of Norman (or Romanesque) architecture
Durham Cathedral
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1175
The Gothic style is first seen in Britain in the new east end of Canterbury cathedral
Canterbury Cathedral
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c. 1300
The Early English phase in Gothic architecture gives way to the Decorated style
Chapter House, Wells Cathedral
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c. 1350
The Perpendicular style develops from the Decorated phase in English Gothic architecture
c. 1390
Fan vaulting becomes part of the Gothic tradition, seen to perfection in the cloisters of Gloucester cathedral
1514
Thomas Wolsey begins to build himself a palace at Hampton Court, but will later consider it politic to give it to Henry VIII
Hampton Court west front, chromolithograph
Richmond Local Studies
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