Ripon Cathedral
The original 7th-century church on the site was destroyed by the Vikings, though its Saxon crypt (AD 672), the oldest structure in any English cathedral, remains. The Romanesque transepts of the current cathedral date from the 12th century, while the west front (circa 1220) is an outstanding example of Early English Gothic. The nave was rebuilt in 1500 in a Perpendicular Gothic style. Note the carving of a rabbit going down a hole in the finely carved choir stalls—it may well have inspired Lewis Carroll, whose father was a canon here.
