Rochester Cathedral in Kent is credited in the infobox to Gundulf of Rochester, whom the text calls a talented architect who likely shaped the design. Gundulf, as bishop, oversaw the rebuild after the see's estates were restored to the bishop. The infobox gives 1079 to 1238, but the text says work began around 1080 and continued, with the central tower completed in 1343 and the Lady Chapel around 1490.
The article describes a Norman church with later Early English, Decorated and Perpendicular Gothic work. It gives no materials. Gundulf's transepts were about 120 feet long and 14 feet wide.
Fires struck in the 1130s and 1179, and looters struck in 1215. The monastery was dissolved in 1540, the Civil War caused damage, and Gilbert Scott restored it from 1871 to 1877. It is an active Church of England cathedral and the seat of the Bishop of Rochester, Grade I listed. The article gives no hours.
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