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{{Use British English|date=July 2017}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2016}} {{Infobox church | name = Exeter Cathedral | fullname = Cathedral Church of Saint Peter in Exeter | image = Exeter-28Ap11-wyrdlight.jpg | imagesize = | imagealt = | caption = | pushpin map = United Kingdom Exeter Central | pushpin label position = | pushpin map alt = | pushpin mapsize = 220 | map caption = Shown within Exeter | coordinates = {{coord|50|43|21|N|03|31|47|W|region:GB|display=inline,title}} | osgraw = | osgridref = | location = [[Exeter]], [[Devon]] | country = United Kingdom | denomination = [[Church of England]] | previous denomination = [[Roman Catholic]] | tradition = [[Anglo-Catholic]] | membership = | website = {{URL|www.exeter-cathedral.org.uk}} | former name = | bull date = | consecrated date = | people = | status = | functional status = Active | heritage designation = | designated date = | previous cathedrals = 2 | architect = | architectural type = | style = [[Norman architecture|Norman]], [[English Gothic architecture|Gothic]] | years built = 1112β1400 | groundbreaking = | completed date = | construction cost = | closed date = | demolished date = | capacity = | length = {{convert|383|ft|m}} <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.timeref.com/places/hpl1087.htm|title=TimeRef β Medieval and Middle Ages History Timelines β Exeter Cathedral Details|website=www.timeref.com|access-date=2 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170402170240/http://www.timeref.com/places/hpl1087.htm|archive-date=2 April 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> | length nave = | length choir = | width = | width nave = | width transepts = | height = | height nave = | height choir = | dome quantity = | dome height outer = | dome height inner = | dome dia outer = | dome dia inner = | tower quantity = | tower height = | spire quantity = | spire height = | bells = 15 (12 + 2 + Bourdon)<ref name="Dove Details">{{Cite web|url=https://dove.cccbr.org.uk/detail.php?searchString=exeter&Submit=+Go+&DoveID=EXETER|title=Dove Details|website=dove.cccbr.org.uk|access-date=2018-12-02}}</ref> | bells hung = | bell weight = {{convert|3684|kg|lb}}<ref name="Dove Details"/> | archdiocese = | metropolis = | diocese = [[Diocese of Exeter|Exeter]] | diocese start = 1050 | province = [[Province of Canterbury|Canterbury]] | archbishop = | bishop = [[Mike Harrison (bishop)]] | dean = [[Jonathan Greener]] | provost = | precentor = James Mustard | canonchancellor = Deborah Parsons | canonmissioner = | canontreasurer = Chris Palmer | canon = Cate Edmonds | reader = | director = Timothy Noon | organist = | logo = | logosize = | logolink = | logoalt = }} '''Exeter Cathedral''', properly known as the '''Cathedral Church of Saint Peter in Exeter''', is an [[Anglican]] [[cathedral]], and the seat of the [[Bishop of Exeter]], in the [[city status in the United Kingdom|city]] of [[Exeter]], [[Devon]], in [[South West England]]. The present building was complete by about 1400 and has several notable features, including an early set of [[misericord]]s, an [[astronomical clock]] and the longest uninterrupted medieval stone [[Vault (architecture)|vaulted ceiling]] in the world.
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