The Heart of the Ancient Capital

Chapter House

Winchester College
Winchester College
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Chapter House

Leave the garden and continue towards the cathedral. On your right are the massive columns marking the entrance to the former Chapter House.

On reaching the cathedral nave turn left, walking beneath the flying buttresses designed by architect T G Jackson to support the south nave wall in 1911.

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Winchester Cathedral
At the west front of the cathedral, the stone in the wall to the left indicates the extent of the Norman westwork, demolished around 1300.

Turn past the west front to the site of the Old Minster dating from the 7th century, now marked out in brick.