# Interior view [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [ARCHITECT, English]() - Date: 1101-1150 - Technique: Photo ## Commentary The bishopric of East Anglia dates back to a see that was founded in Dunwich, Suffolk around 630. In 1094, Bishop Herbert de Losinga \(1091-1119\) moved the see to Norwich, which was safer. Losinga had a part of the Saxon city torn down and started work on a mighty new building in 1096. He lived long enough to see the east sections \(a three-storey choir with ambulatory and three chapels, aisleless transept, and first double bay of the nave\) completed. Bishop Everardus \(1121-1145\) completed the nave, fourteen bays long, and finished if off with a simple cross-section façade. The photo shows a view of the choir towards the east. The late Gothic rib vaulting was probably preceded by a wooden vault. View the <a href="\#" onClick="w=window.open \('/support/plans/zzzarchi/12c/4/norwich.html', 'newWin', 'scrollbars=yes,status=no,dependent=yes,screenX=0,screenY=0,width=400,height=600'\);w.opener=this;w.focus\(\);return false">ground plan</a> of Norwich Cathedral \(Herbert de Losinga's building\). ## 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]()