# Interior view [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [ARCHITECT, English]() - Date: 1051-1100 - Technique: Photo ## Commentary An abbey had existed in Gloucester since the seventh century which burnt down in 1088. Abbot Serlo \(1072-1104\) laid the foundation stone of the new building in 1089. St. Peter's Abbey Church \(cathedral since 1540\), probably modelled on Worcester Cathedral, is an aisled basilica with a transept, ambulatory and radiating chapels. There is a crypt with several aisles which extends for the entire length of the choir. The aisleless, five-bay transept with chapels to the east is Romanesque in its ground plan and in parts of its elevation. Two Romanesque storeys of the choir remain. The photo shows a view of the nave towards the east. View the <a href="\#" onClick="w=window.open \('/support/plans/zzzarchi/11c/4/gloucest.html', 'newWin', 'scrollbars=yes,status=no,dependent=yes,screenX=0,screenY=0,width=400,height=600'\);w.opener=this;w.focus\(\);return false">ground plan</a> of the abbey church, Gloucester, built by Serlo, begun 1089. ## Related artworks - [Aerial view]() - [Aerial view]() - [Aerial view]() - [Aerial view]() - [Chantry chapels]() - [Exterior view]() - [Exterior view]() - [Exterior view]() - [Exterior view]() - [Exterior view]() - [Exterior view]() - [Exterior view]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()