Architectural Details Inside Westminster Abbey In London, England Editorial Image

In 1245 Henry III pulled down the whole of Edward’s church except the nave and replaced it with the present abbey church in the pointed Gothic style of the period. The design and plan were strongly influenced by contemporary French cathedral architecture.The rebuilding of the Norman-style nave was begun by the late 1300s under the architect Henry Yevele and continued intermittently until Tudor times. The Early English Gothic design of Henry III’s time predominates