\paperw3360 \margr0\margl0\ATXph11340 \plain \fs20 \pard\tx3255\tx6525\tx9780\ATXts240\ATXbrdr0 \f1 \fs22 Although Westminster Abbey was begun in 1245, the nave was largely compl
eted from 1375 onwards under the direction of Henry Yvele, the first architect of renown to have substantially shaped the face of London. It was usual for the builders of the Middle Ages to add variations of their own design to \ATXnt901 existing struct
ures\ATXnt0 with little concern for overall effect. So the fact that Yvele assiduously followed the proportions laid down over 130 earlier makes him the first London architect to respect the scale and harmony of the inherited fabric and to design in sym
