Construction begins in 1220 on Salisbury Cathedral,…

Construction begins in 1220 on Salisbury Cathedral, planned in the clear and austere Early English Gothic style.

One of the few churches of the age built on a previously unoccupied site, the episcopal see that it is intended to house had previously been located at Sherborne and is now at Old Sarum.

Also intended to house a monastic community, the dual function dictates the large size of the planned church and the presence of two transepts.

The plan of the cathedral takes the form of a double, or Greek, cross.