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Nave

Crossing and Transepts

Choir and Retro-Choir
High Altar
Organ
Humble monument
Wooden effigy of a knight
Nonsuch chest
Chapels
Bishop Andrewes' tomb
Bishop Talbot's tomb
Roman mosaic

Listen to the organ (517kb MP3)

This splendid pipe organ has an international reputation. It was built in 1897 and would cost over £1m at modern prices. It required major repair work in the early 1990s and an appeal fund was established to raise £200,000 to fund the work. The wind to the organ is supplied by electric fans in the Cathedral roof. The organ contains 61 stops and 3,248 pipes, ranging from 32 foot to the length of a pencil. It also uses 12 bellows, of an average 5 foot x 3 foot and the electric pneumatic mechanism contains 570 actions for admitting wind to the pipes.

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