Lancaster Cathedral

The Cathedral of Lancaster ( Cathedral Church of St Peter ) in the northwestern English city of Lancaster is the bishop's church of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Lancaster. The neo-Gothic basilica was built in 1857-59 to designs by Edward Paley.

History

Just six years after the Catholic Relief Act of 1791 expanded the Catholic community of Lancaster a chapel. 1847 they acquired the property of the present church, which was begun ten years later and consecrated on October 4, 1859 by the Bishop of Liverpool Alexander Goss. The octagonal baptistery at the north transept was added in 1901. 1924 took place with the establishment of the Diocese of Lancaster the collection to the cathedral. An extensive restoration was completed in 1995.

Architecture

The cathedral is modeled after the forms of the Decorated style. It consists of a three-aisled nave with lower transept and polygonal -closing chorus. The square tower with spire and four corner towers attached to the northwest side. Large tracery windows are recessed in the West and the transept facades. The choir is decorated with several tracery windows and a star vault.

Equipment

Noteworthy is the neo-Gothic altar triptych of 1909. A copy of the enthroned Peter from St. Peter's in Rome was erected in 1881. The tower contains a ten -piece bells. 1959 new Stations of the Cross cycle was created.

The organ dates back to an instrument, dating from 1889, built by the organ builder Henry Ainscough ( Preston ). The organ has 32 ​​registers on three manuals and pedal today.