Nottingham Cathedral

Nottingham Cathedral
Saint Barnabas’ Cathedral, Nottingham
Nottingham Cathedral Shown in Nottingham
Coordinates: 52°57′17″N 1°09′26″W / 52.9547°N 1.1571°W / 52.9547; -1.1571
Location	Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
Country	England
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Website	stbarnabascathedral.org.uk
Architecture
Architect(s)	Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin
Years built	1841-1844
Specifications
Height	164 feet (50 m)
Number of spires	1
Administration
Diocese	Nottingham (since 1850)
Province	Westminster
Clergy
Bishop(s)	Patrick McKinney
Dean	Geoffrey Hunton
Laity
Director of music	Alex Patterson
Organist(s)	Robert Gower

The Cathedral Church of St. Barnabas in the city of Nottingham, England, is a cathedral of the Roman Catholic church. It is the mother church of the Diocese of Nottingham and seat of the Bishop of Nottingham.

It is located on the corner of Derby Road and North Circus Street, on the opposite side of which are the Albert Hall and the Nottingham Playhouse (Wellington Circus).

It was built between 1841 and 1844, costing £15,000 (equivalent to £1,350,000 in 2015), and was first consecrated in 1844, fifteen years after the Catholic Relief Act ended most restrictions on Catholicism in the United Kingdom. A substantial amount of the cost was paid by the important Catholic Lord Shrewsbury. The architect was Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin who also designed the interior of The Houses of Parliament. It was built in the Early English Plain Gothic style, although in contrast, the Blessed Sacrament Chapel was richly decorated and Pugin’s later churches were built in that Decorated Gothic style throughout. Pugin was retained as architect by Rev Robert William Willson, then priest in charge of Nottingham. In 1842 he was named as Bishop-Elect of Hobart, Tasmania, and had to leave the work in Nottingham before completion.