Portsmouth Cathedral

The Portsmouth Cathedral ( Cathedral Church of St Thomas of Canterbury, Portsmouth) is that of the city of Portsmouth Anglican Cathedral and is dedicated to St. Thomas of Canterbury. It is located in Old Portsmouth and is the seat of the Bishop of Portsmouth. In Portsmouth, there is another cathedral, the Roman Catholic cathedral of St John the Evangelist, which is also often referred to as Portsmouth Cathedral.

History

Around the year 1180, leaving the wealthy Norman merchant and landowner of Titchfield Jean de Gisors the Augustinian canons of the Abbey Southwick land so they could build it a chapel. This chapel was raised in the 14th century the parish church and the 20th century Cathedral. From this original building of the chancel and the transept are still preserved. Between 1683 and 1693 the old tower and the nave was demolished and replaced by a new nave, aisles and a new tower.

Between 1902 and 1904 the church was closed in order to perform necessary restoration work can. In 1927, the Diocese of Portsmouth. Published in 1932 by Sir Charles Nicholson designs for enlarging the church. However, these plans were never realized. In 1991 the cathedral was finally completed, the building, however, is significantly smaller than planned.

Equipment

The organ was in 1994 by the organ builders Nicholson & Co. erected (Malvern ) in the cathedral. The instrument was built for the Holy Trinity Church in Bolton, and was then incorporated into the cathedral in the existing organ case from 1718. The instrument has 60 registers, four manuals and pedal. The tracker action are electric.