Sheffield Cathedral (Anglican)

Sheffield Cathedral

Interior (2010)

modern lantern

The Sheffield Cathedral ( Cathedral Church of St Peter and St Paul ) is an Anglican church in the center of Sheffield . The core Gothic , largely neo-Gothic church was elevated to cathedral in 1914 with the establishment of the Diocese of Sheffield .

History and architecture

The place of today's cathedral was already a sacred place in the 9th century. This is supported by a stone cross that can be seen today in the British Museum .

The oldest verifiable church building was built in the early 12th century by the Norman Lord William de Lovetot . Remains of this Norman church can be seen in the masonry of the east wall . In the 13th century it was probably destroyed during armed conflicts; a re-consecration by the Archbishop of York William of Wickwane is attested for the year 1280 . At the beginning of the 15th century this building was stylistically obsolete, and the now prosperous city began to rebuild its parish church in the Perpendicular Style , the style of the English late Gothic . St. Peter and Paul received a nave with seven altars and an ornate open roof structure as well as a pointed helmeted central tower between the nave and the choir , which has been preserved to this day.

In the 16th century, during the English Reformation , the church became Protestant. With the beginning of the industrial revolution , Sheffield's population tripled to 45,000 in the second half of the 18th century.

At the beginning of the 19th century, the structure of the church was so damaged that the entire nave had to be removed and rebuilt. In 1880 the north and south transepts were added.

After the First World War - St. Peter and Paul was now a cathedral - there was a plan to turn the axis of the church by 90 °. A new chancel was to be built on the north side. The new nave should have reached Church Street on the south side. The work on the north side was completed in the 1930s. After the Second World War , the plan was abandoned. Instead, the nave was extended westward in the 1960s, adding a modern narthex on the south side and a star-shaped lantern . This was fitted out in 1998/99 with windows by the artist Amber Hiscott .

At present (2012) a fundamental renovation in connection with a contemporary, multifunctional redesign of the interior is planned.

organ

The organ was built in 1966 by the organ builder NP Mander (London). In 1969 the organ building company Mander built the "Nave Division". The instrument contains pipe material from an organ from 1877 that was built by Father Willis for St. Paul's Church in Bow Common, London. The instrument has 66 registers on four manuals and a pedal . The actions are electro-pneumatic. The organ is to be replaced by a new building.

I positive C-g 3 Dulciana 16 ′ Stop diapason 8th' Dulciana 8th' Principal 4 ′ Open flute 4 ′ Nazard 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′ Spitz Flute 2 ′ Tierce 1 3 ⁄ 5  ′ Nineteenth 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′ Twentysecond 1' Cymbal II Corno di Bassetto 8th' Tremulant trombone 8th' Clarion 4 ′ tuba 8th'

II Great C – g 3 Double diapason 16 ′ Open diapason 8th' Open diapason 8th' Chimmney Flute 8th' Dulciana 8th' Principal 4 ′ Nason Flute 4 ′ Twelfth 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′ Fifteenth 2 ′ Tierce 1 3 ⁄ 5  ′ Mixture III Fittings III trombone 8th' Clarion 4 ′

III Swell C-g 3 Bourdon 16 ′ Gedact 8th' Salicional 8th' Vox Angelica 8th' Principal 4 ′ Lovely tide 4 ′ Fifteenth 2 ′ Mixture III Crumhorn 16 ′ oboe 8th' Cornopean 8th' Clarion 4 ′ Tremulant

IV Nave C – g 3 Principal 8th' Pipe flute 8th' Coupling flute 4 ′ Octave 4 ′ Super octave 2 ′ Larigot 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′ Octavine 1' Sharp Mixture II

Pedal C – f 1 Contra violone 32 ′ Violone 16 ′ Open Wood 16 ′ Bourdon 16 ′ Dulciana Bass 16 ′ Principal 8th' Bass flute 8th' Dulciana 8th' Fifteenth 4 ′ Flood 4 ′ Octave Flute 2 ′ Mixture II Ophicleide 32 ′ Ophicleide 16 ′ Crumhorn 16 ′ trombone 8th' shawm 4 ′

Chapels

Of the chapels, Shrewsbury Chapel is particularly interesting, dating from the early 16th century. George Talbot, 4th Earl of Shrewsbury had it built as a family chapel with a tomb . Today the Tudor tombs of the fourth and sixth earls of Shrewsbury can be seen in the chapel . Until 1933 this was the private chapel of the Catholic Dukes of Norfolk .

The Katharinenkapelle was consecrated to St. Catherine in 1935 . It also serves in memory of Anna Louisa Burrows, wife of the first Bishop of Sheffield, and of the contribution women made to the service of the Church.

George's Chapel is a memorial chapel for the fallen of the York and Lancaster regiments. The partition consists of daggers and rapiers.

The Heiliggeistkapelle contains a stained glass window by Christopher Webb . It is based on the text of the Te Deum .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ history 1000 ( Memento from August 3, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
2. ↑ history 1101 ( Memento from August 3, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
3. ↑ history 1200 ( memento from August 3, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
4. ↑ history 1430 ( Memento from August 3, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
5. ↑ history 1520 ( Memento from August 3, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
6. ↑ history 1740 ( Memento from August 3, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
7. ↑ history 1805 ( Memento from August 3, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
8. ↑ history 1880 ( Memento from August 3, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
9. ↑ history 1914 ( Memento from August 3, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
10. ↑ history 1930 ( Memento from August 3, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
11. ↑ history 1960 ( memento from August 3, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
12. ↑ history 1999 ( Memento from August 3, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
13. ^ The Gateway Project ( Memento from April 26, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
14. ↑ information on organ (English)
15. ↑ More information about the organ on the cathedral website ( memento from November 29, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
16. ↑ chapels I ( Memento from November 24, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
17. ↑ chapels II ( memento of November 24, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
18. ↑ chapels III ( memento of November 24, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
19. ↑ chapels IV ( Memento from January 9, 2015 in the Internet Archive )

Web links

Commons : Sheffield Cathedral  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Network presence of the Cathedral (English)
• Entry to British Listed Buildings (English)

Coordinates: 53 ° 22 ′ 59 "  N , 1 ° 28 ′ 10"  W