Worcester Cathedral

Worcester Cathedral
Cathedral Church of Christ and Blessed Mary the Virgin
Worcester Cathedral
Worcester Cathedral is located in Worcestershire
Worcester Cathedral
Worcester Cathedral
Location within Worcestershire
52°11′20″N 2°13′15″W / 52.18889°N 2.22083°W / 52.18889; -2.22083
LocationWorcester (Worcestershire)
CountryUnited Kingdom
DenominationChurch of England
Websiteworcestercathedral.co.uk
History
Former name(s)Worcester Priory
Architecture
Functional statusActive
StyleNorman, Gothic
Years built1084–1504
Specifications
Length130 m (426.51 ft)
Nave length53 m (173.88 ft)
Width44 m (144.36 ft)
Nave width9 m (29.53 ft)
Nave height20 m (65.62 ft)
Number of towers1
Tower height62 m (203.41 ft)
Bells16 hung for change ringing
Tenor bell weight48cwt - 0qr - 2lb in B
Administration
ProvinceCanterbury
DioceseWorcester (since 670)
Clergy
Bishop(s)John Inge
DeanStephen Edwards
PrecentorJohn Paul Hoskins
Canon(s)Kimberly Bohan (Canon Librarian)
Laity
Organist(s)
  • Samuel Hudson (Director of Music)
  • Nicholas Freestone (Assistant Director of Music)
Arms of Worcester Cathedral
Flag of Worcester Cathedral, consisting of the cathedral's arms in the canton of a Saint George's Cross, usually flown from the cathedral tower

Worcester Cathedral, formally the Cathedral Church of Christ and Blessed Mary the Virgin, is a Church of England cathedral in Worcester, England. The cathedral is the seat of the bishop of Worcester and is the mother church of the diocese of Worcester; it is administered by its dean and chapter. The cathedral is a grade I listed building and part of a scheduled monument.[1][2]

The cathedral was founded in 680. The earliest surviving fabric dates from 1084, when the cathedral was rebuilt in the Romanesque style by Bishop Wulfstan. The chapter house dates from 1120, and the nave was extended in the 1170s. Between 1224 and 1269 the east end was rebuilt in the Early English Gothic style. The remainder of the nave was rebuilt in the 1360s, and the "exquisite" central tower completed in 1374.[3] The cathedral retains a set of medieval misericords, now set into Victorian choir stalls; the cathedral was heavily restored in the nineteenth century, and contains a set of furnishings by George Gilbert Scott. It contains several funerary monuments, including those of King John; Arthur, Prince of Wales; and the prime minister Stanley Baldwin.

  1. ^ "CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF CHRIST AND ST MARY, Non Civil Parish - 1389728 | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 1 December 2023.
  2. ^ "Worcester city centre, Non Civil Parish - 1005277 | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 1 December 2023.
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