Wakefield Cathedral
The Cathedral of Wakefield is the patronal feast of All Saints (All Saints) imputed Episcopal Church of the Church of England in just over 18 km south of Leeds lying central England city of Wakefield in the metropolitan county of West Yorkshire in the former Anglo-Saxon Kingdom of Northumbria . Its approx. 75 m high spire is the city's landmark.
history
There was already an Anglo-Saxon and a Norman church on the site . The latter was rebuilt in 1329 and enlarged about 150 years later in the late Gothic style ( Perpendicular Style ) ; further modifications and changes followed. In 1823 the spire, which was damaged in a storm, was replaced. In the years 1858 to 1874 the architects George Gilbert Scott and his son Oldrid reworked the building in the Victorian taste of the time . When the Diocese of Wakefield was established in 1888 , the church was given cathedral status. In the years 1903 to 1905 the eastern parts were renewed on the basis of drawings by the architect John Loughborough Pearson .
architecture
The central nave of the three-aisled church is no longer vaulted, but - like the side aisles - has been spanned by wooden ceilings since the 19th century. The oldest part is the north nave wall , built around 1150 ; the pillars of the nave are partially assigned to the 13th century.
Furnishing
The choir comes in part from the 15th century; the Triumphal Cross, on the other hand, is a work of the 1940s and 1950s. None of the medieval stained glass windows have survived; the current windows all date from the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Those on the north side with Old Testament themes are a little darker; those with New Testament themes on the south side are lighter. The baptismal font dates from the 17th century.
literature
- Malcolm Warburton and Kate Taylor: Wakefield Cathedral. Jarrold 2006, ISBN 978-0-7117-4228-4
Web links
- Wakefield Cathedral - Info (English)
Coordinates: 53 ° 40 ′ 58.6 " N , 1 ° 29 ′ 49" W.