The theme of this, the final blog of this 12 blog series on the overview history of English Cathedrals, is 20th century cathedrals. There were three new-build cathedrals in the 20th century, the 10 other new cathedrals being previously parish churches – Southwark 1905, Birmingham 1905, Bury St. Edmonds 1914, Chelmsford 1914, Sheffield 1914, Bradford […]
The theme of today’s blog is the newly created diocesan sees in the 19th century. In that context the photo chosen above is inappropriate as the building programme for the gigantic Liverpool Anglican Cathedral did not begin until the early 20th century. However, the see was created in 1880 and a modest local parish church
Although the building of meeting rooms and chapels for Nonconformist Christian churches greatly increased from the late-18th to mid-19th centuries, existing buildings of the Established Church had often suffered from neglect in maintenance. Other trends stimulating the ‘Gothic Revival’ were; the Oxford Movement, spearheaded by notable academics who believed that much of the impact of
Georgian (18th and early 19th century) churches were radically different from their gothic predecessors if newly built, and often the interior of gothic churches were much altered to conform with the classical fashions beloved of the Renaissance. Typical elements of this style were; plain (often whitewashed) interiors, all features in an open-plan environment, interiors bathed
The picture today shows Gloucester cathedral from the south-west, an image copied from the Gloucester Cathedral website (much of this site is a built-up area today). Gloucester cathedral is an example of a medieval monastic church of the Benedictine order that survived the Reformation of the 1530s because Henry VIII ordered it to become one
The last of Thomas Rickman’s (s.p.b.s) medieval church building styles was Perpendicular, the term referring to the vertical thrust of most window tracery. The Perpendicular style of architecture was to become solely British and was also characterised by very large windows shedding daylight in the interior, by complex vault systems supporting the ceilings, by the