Portsmouth Cathedral (Anglican)

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Portsmouth Cathedral

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

history

Around 1180, the wealthy Norman merchant and landlord of Titchfield, Jean de Gisors, gave the Augustinian Canons of Southwick Abbey a piece of land so that they could build a chapel on it. This chapel became a parish church in the 14th century and a cathedral in the 20th century. The chancel and the transept are still preserved from this original building. Between 1683 and 1693 the old tower and the nave were demolished and replaced by a new nave, aisles and a new tower.

Between 1902 and 1904 the church was closed in order to carry out necessary restoration work. In 1927 the Diocese of Portsmouth was established. In 1932, Sir Charles Nicholson published plans to enlarge the church. However, these plans never came to fruition. The cathedral was finally completed in 1991, although the building turned out to be much smaller than planned.

organ

View of the organ

The organ was installed in the cathedral in 1994 by the organ builders Nicholson & Co. (Malvern). The instrument had been built for Holy Trinity Church in Bolton and was then installed in the cathedral in the existing organ case from 1718. The instrument has 60 registers on four manuals and a pedal. The actions are electric.

I Choir Organ C – a 3
Stopped diapason 8th'
Clarabella 8th'
Dulciana 8th'
Viol di Gamba 8th'
Voix Celeste 8th'
Gamba Octave 4 ′
Stopped Flute 4 ′
Piccolo 2 ′
Clarinet 8th'
Solo flute 4 ′
Solo Ophicleide 8th'
Tremulant
II Great Organ C – a 3
Bourdon 16 ′
Large Open Diapason 8th'
Small open diapason 8th'
Stopped diapason 8th'
Gamba 8th'
Principal 4 ′
Gemshorn 4 ′
Stopped Flute 4 ′
Harmonic flute 4 ′
Twelfth 2 23
Fifteenth 2 ′
Tierce 1 35
Larigot 1 13
Full Mixture III
Mixture II
Trumpet 8th'
Clarion 4 ′
Tremulant
II West Great C – a 3
Open diapason 8th'
Stopped diapason 8th'
Principal 4 ′
Stopped Flute 4 ′
Fifteenth 2 ′
Mixture IV
Trumpet 8th'
Clarion 4 ′
Cymbelstern
II Swell Organ C – a 3
Bourdon 16 ′
Open diapason 8th'
Stopped diapason 8th'
Gamba 8th'
Celeste 8th'
Gemshorn 4 ′
Flood 4 ′
Fifteenth 2 ′
Sesquialtera III
Double trumpet 16 ′
Cornopean 8th'
oboe 8th'
Clarion 4 ′
Tremulant
Pedal Organ C – f 1
Sub bass 32 ′
Open Wood 16 ′
Violone 16 ′
Bourdon 16 ′
Principal 8th'
Bass flute 8th'
Fifteenth 4 ′
Flood 4 ′
Bombard 32 ′
Trombones 16 ′

Individual evidence

  1. More information about the organ

Web links

Commons : Portsmouth Cathedral (Anglican)  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 50 ° 47 ′ 25.5 "  N , 1 ° 6 ′ 15.5"  W.