The Gothic Library
The Gothic Library
Studies of Medieval
English Architecture
The 18th and 19th Centuries in England saw an intense and sustained interest in Gothic architecture, marked by the publication of many books of a very high quality. These books, which were to provide the academic research necessary for the later architectural Gothic Revival, are a valuable historical resource. In many cases they provide some of the most detailed and accurate studies of Gothic architecture available. They also represent a view of architecture in an earlier age, often illustrating the buildings before they were subjected to sometimes overenthusiastic restoration in the 19th Century, and always showing them in a more sympathetic context than their current surroundings.

The Gothic Library is a collection of the best and most significant of these books. Our project is to make them available through this website. So far, though, it's just Canterbury Cathedral - The Library is a display of all the images of the cathedral in the Gothic Library collection, and the Canterbury Guide is an online cathedral guide using many of the images.
The Gothic Library
The Library
Images of Canterbury Cathedral
The Gothic Library
Canterbury
Guide
An online guide to Canterbury Cathedral