Gloucester Cathedral
| Gloucester Cathedral | |
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| Cathedral Church of St Peter and the Holy and Indivisible Trinity |
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 Gloucester Cathedral
Shown within Gloucester
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| Coordinates: 51°52′03″N 2°14′48″W / 51.8675°N 2.246667°W | |
| Location | Gloucester, Gloucestershire |
| Country | England |
| Denomination | Church of England |
| Website | gloucestercathedral |
| Architecture | |
| Style | Romanesque & Gothic |
| Years built | 1089–1499 |
| Specifications | |
| Length | 130m |
| Nave length | 174ft (53m) |
| Choir length | 140ft (42m) |
| Nave width | 34ft (10m) |
| Width across transepts | 43.9m |
| Height | 68.6m |
| Nave height | 68ft (21m) |
| Choir height | 86ft (26m) |
| Number of towers | 1 |
| Tower height | 68.6m |
| Administration | |
| Diocese | Gloucester (since 1541) |
| Province | Canterbury |
| Clergy | |
| Dean | Stephen Lake |
| Precentor | Richard Mitchell |
| Canon(s) |
Celia Thomson Nikki Arthy Andrew Braddock |
| Archdeacon | Jackie Searle |
| Laity | |
| Director of music | Adrian Partington |
| Organist(s) | Jonathan Hope |
| Chapter clerk | Emily Shepherd (Chief Operating Officer) |
Celia Thomson
Nikki Arthy
Gloucester Cathedral, formally the Cathedral Church of St Peter and the Holy and Indivisible Trinity, in Gloucester, England, stands in the north of the city near the River Severn. It originated in 678 or 679 with the foundation of an abbey dedicated to Saint Peter (dissolved by King Henry VIII).
Wardle records that in 1058 Ealdred, Bishop of Worcester at the time, rebuilt the church of St Peter. The foundations of the present church were laid by Abbot Serlo (1072–1104). Walter Frocester (d. 1412) the abbey's historian, became its first mitred abbot in 1381. Until 1541, Gloucester lay in the see of Worcester, but the separate see was then constituted, with John Wakeman, last abbot of Tewkesbury, as its first bishop. The diocese covers the greater part of Gloucestershire, with small parts of Herefordshire and Wiltshire. The cathedral has a stained glass window containing the earliest images of golf. This dates from 1350, over 300 years earlier than the earliest image of golf from Scotland. There is also a carved image of people playing a ball game, believed by some to be one of the earliest images of medieval football.
The cathedral, built as the abbey church, consists of a Norman nucleus (Walter de Lacy is buried there), with additions in every style of Gothic architecture. It is 420 feet (130 m) long, and 144 feet (44 m) wide, with a fine central tower of the 15th century rising to the height of 225 ft (69 m) and topped by four delicate pinnacles, a famous landmark. The nave is massive Norman with an Early English roof; the crypt, under the choir, aisles and chapels, is Norman, as is the chapter house. The crypt is one of the four apsidal cathedral crypts in England, the others being at Worcester, Winchester and Canterbury.
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