John Wastell (1518) was an English
gothic architect and master mason responsible for the
fan vaulted ceiling and other features of
King's College Chapel, Cambridge
King's College Chapel is the chapel of King's College in the University of Cambridge. It is considered one of the finest examples of late Perpendicular Gothic English architecture and features the world's largest fan vault. The Chapel was bu ...
, the crossing tower (Bell Harry Tower) of
Canterbury Cathedral, and sections of both
Manchester
Manchester () is a city in Greater Manchester, England. It had a population of 552,000 in 2021. It is bordered by the Cheshire Plain to the south, the Pennines to the north and east, and the neighbouring city of Salford to the west. The t ...
and
Peterborough
Peterborough () is a cathedral city in Cambridgeshire, east of England. It is the largest part of the City of Peterborough unitary authority district (which covers a larger area than Peterborough itself). It was part of Northamptonshire until ...
cathedrals. He also worked on
Bury St Edmunds Abbey.
File:Canterbury Cathedral from the cloisters.jpg, Bell Harry Tower Canterbury Cathedral
File:Peterborough Cathedral fan vaulting.jpg, Fan vaulting in the retro-choir, Peterborough Cathedral
File:King's college chapel roof and organ.jpg, Vaulting, King's College Chapel, Cambridge
File:Manchester Cathedral Chorraum.jpg, choir of Manchester Cathedral
References
1460 births
1515 deaths
Gothic architects
16th-century English architects
15th-century English architects
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