East Window, Carlisle Cathedral Although Carlisle Cathedral is one of the smallest cathedrals in Britain, only St.Asaph being smaller, it boasts the magnificent East Window. The East Window is in fact the largest and most complex of the Flowing Gothic Decorated Style in England. The East Window in York is larger but is done in a different style. The East Window was added in 1350, as part of the rebuild after the 1292 fire. Most of the window is from the original Medieval window attributed to Ivo

Carlisle Cathedral The cathedral at Carlisle can be seen from many areas of Carlisle, especially in the city centre. Life for the cathedral started out as a Norman Priory Church in 1122, eleven years later it became a cathedral. It was probably built on the foundations of an earlier church which was ravaged by Viking attacks and stood as a ruin. During the reign of Henry I of England, what is now the cathedral was started by a community of Canons Regular following the reform of the Abbey of Arro