Northampton Cathedral
The Cathedral of Northampton ( Cathedral Church of Our Lady Immaculate and St Thomas of Canterbury ) in the central England city of Northampton is the Episcopal Church of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Northampton . The neo-Gothic basilica was built in three phases in 1844, 1863/64 and 1948–1955.
History and architecture
The cathedral stands on the site of the medieval monastery of St. Andrew’s , which is connected to the life stations of Thomas Becket and Johannes Duns Scotus , but of which no building remains have been preserved.
Post-Reformation Catholic life began in Northampton in the 1820s. In 1825 a St. Andrew's chapel was built on the site of today's church . When this was no longer sufficient for the community, which had grown mainly due to Irish immigrants, a Collegiate Chapel with the patronage of St. Felix was built to the west of it in 1844 according to plans by Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin .
After Northampton became a bishopric in 1850, St. Felix's Chapel also became too small, and Edward Welby Pugin expanded it into a three-aisled basilica, the nave of today's cathedral, by 1864 . The tower he planned remained unrealized. Now the Church was given the names of the Mother of God conceived without original sin and St. Thomas of Canterbury .
From 1948 the orientation of the cathedral was then rotated from west to east; the polygonal west apse was converted into the entrance area and provided with a gallery . In the east, the St. Andrew's Chapel from 1825 was demolished and the cathedral was expanded to include a new, flat-fitting choir and a transept with a crenellated crossing tower in Tudor style .
Furnishing
Corresponding to the phases of the building history, the Northampton Cathedral has neo-Gothic leaded glass windows and statues in the nave, and in the eastern part a facility from the second half of the 20th century.
Organs
There are two organs in the cathedral . The main organ is a digital instrument with 60 registers on three manuals and a pedal. It was installed on the west gallery in 2008. On the north grandstand is a small pipe instrument that was built in 1976 by the organ builder Hendrik ten Bruggencate (Northampton). The instrument has 10 stops on two manuals and a pedal. The actions are mechanical.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ On the history of the monastery
- ↑ a b c History ( Memento of the original from March 9, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ A b c Information from the Pugin Society
- ↑ Information about the organs ( Memento of the original from March 9, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
Web links
- Network presence of the Cathedral (English)
- Entry to British Listed Buildings (English)
Coordinates: 52 ° 14 '53 " N , 0 ° 53' 54.6" W.