The palette

Pale stone in several whites and greys (calcite, diorite, smooth stone, andesite), a dark slate roof and a green copper spire. A pale stone body under a dark steep roof is the Gothic look; stained glass would be the colour.

Techniques

• Cross plan
• Flying buttresses
• Going up in levels
• West front
• Steep slate roofs
• Crossing spire

The steps

1. Foundations
2. West front footing
3. The square
4. North aisle wall
5. South aisle wall
6. Nave pillars and arches, north
7. Nave pillars and arches, south
8. Clerestory, north
9. Clerestory, south
10. North transept
11. South transept
12. Apse chapels
13. Apse walls
14. Towers
15. Towers
16. Towers
17. Belfries
18. Bells
19. Tower tops
20. Spires
21. West wall
22. Portal
23. Gallery of kings
24. Buttresses, north
25. Flying arches, north
26. Buttresses, south
27. Flying arches, south
28. Aisle roofs
29. Nave roof
30. Nave roof
31. Nave roof
32. Nave roof
33. Transept roof
34. Transept roof
35. Transept roof
36. Gable walls
37. Apse roof
38. Chapel roofs
39. Crossing tower
40. Crossing tower
41. Crossing tower
42. Crossing tower
43. Copper spire
44. Pews
45. Altar
46. Chandeliers
47. Square lanterns

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