The Bell Tower as seen from West Street................ 31 Decoration formerly on the Choir Vault................. 33 Chichester Cathedral, about 1650....................... 39 The Nave, about 1836................................... 44 The Retro-Choir and Reredos, about 1836................ 45 The Cathedral from the South-West...................... 50 The North-East Angle of the South-West Tower........... 52 Wall Arcade in the West Porch.......................... 54 The South Doorway...................................... 60 The Cloister from the South-East....................... 61 The East walk of the Cloister.......................... 63 The Choir and Central Tower from the South-East........ 67 Windows of the Lady-Chapel, South Side................. 70 The Cathedral from the North-East...................... 74 The Detached Bell-Tower................................ 77 The Nave, looking West................................. 80 The Nave, looking East................................. 82 The South Aisle, from the Nave......................... 84 The Sacristy........................................... 87 The Altar and Reredos.................................. 89 The Triforium in the Choir............................. 91 Decoration on the Vault of the Lady-Chapel............. 92 The Presbytery, or Retro-Choir, looking North-East..... 93 The Lady-Chapel........................................ 95 The North Choir-Aisle.................................. 97 The Library............................................ 98 The Town Cross......................................... 100 Sculptured Panels in the South Choir-Aisle............. 105 Tomb Assigned to Bishop Richard of Wych................ 113 S. Clement’s Chapel, and Tomb of Bishop Durnford....... 121 Painted Decoration formerly on the Choir Vault......... 125 Plan of the Cathedral......................... At End

[Illustration:  Longitudinal section about 1815, showing the Arundel screen and the position of the reredos.  From Dallaway’s “West Sussex.”  (Scale 75 feet to 1 in.)]

[Illustration:  Chichester cathedral from the east. Photochrome Co., Ltd., Photo.]

CHICHESTER CATHEDRAL.

CHAPTER I.

The history of the cathedral.

Any attempt to write the history of a cathedral requires that the subject shall be approached with two leading ideas in view.  One of these has reference to the history of a Church; the other to the story of a building.  The two aspects are clearly to be distinguished, but their mutual relation may be better appreciated when we realise how intimately they are bound together.