St. Mary's Cathedral (Sheffield)
The St. Mary's Cathedral ( Cathedral Church of St Marie ) in the English industrial city of Sheffield is the Episcopal Church of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Hallam . It was built in the neo-Gothic style between 1846 and 1850 according to plans by Matthew Ellison Hadfield .
history
The first post-Reformation Catholic chapel in Sheffield from the early 19th century soon became too small as a result of the Industrial Revolution . The family of the Dukes of Norfolk contributed significantly to the financial basis for the construction of today's church . As early as 1850, the year the Catholic hierarchy was restored in England , the new parish church was put into use under the patronage of the Blessed Mother Mary . The solemn consecration of the church followed in 1889 after all debts had been paid off.
During the Second World War , most of the leaded glass windows could be saved by outsourcing. An interior renovation with adaptation to the liturgical requirements of the Second Vatican Council took place 1970–1972.
On May 30, 1980 Pope John Paul II founded the Diocese of Hallam from parts of the dioceses of Leeds and Nottingham and made St. Mary a cathedral.
Architecture and equipment
Hadfield designed St. Mary's Church on the model of St. Andrew's in Heckington in forms of the English decorated style . It is an east - facing three-aisled basilica with a low transept and recessed choir . As in Heckington, it ends with a straight wall with a large tracery window . The main tower in the southwest with a cone point and four corner turrets also resembles the model. To the east on the street front is the parish building in Tudor style .
The furnishings with sculptures, carvings and picture windows from the 19th century have been almost completely preserved.
organ
The organ goes back to an instrument that was built in 1875 by the organ builder Thomas Christopher Lewis (London). In 1973 the instrument was reworked by the organ builder Chalmers & Hyde, with the entire action being replaced. The organ today has 24 registers on three manuals and a pedal. The actions are mechanical.
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Individual evidence
Web links
- History (website of the cathedral, English)
- Pictures of the interior
- Architecture ( British Listed Buildings , English)
Coordinates: 53 ° 22 '52.6 " N , 1 ° 28' 5.7" W.