The West Front

“The west front of Wells is a masterpiece of art indeed, made of imagery in just proportion, so that we may call them vera et sperantia signa, England affordeth not the like.”

Thomas Fuller in The History of the Worthies of England (1662).

“[The west front of] Wells is one of the greatest collections of medieval sculpture in the world and it is especially moving to contemplate it as a great work of inspired craftsmanship and to imagine the lives of the men who created it.”

Then HRH Prince Charles in a foreword to Wells Cathedral West Front by Jerry Sampson (1998).

"Its sculpted west front glows incomparably in the sunset, its giant scissor arches uplift its crossing, and its column capitals offer an encyclopedia of medieval life."

Simon Jenkins in The Guardian (2019).