The former St Michael's Cathedral Church dates to the 13th century, with the crypt and south porch c1300. The walls were rebuilt between 1373 and c1450. It was made a cathedral in 1918, and damaged in an air raid in November 1940. The ruined walls of the church were preserved, and a modern cathedral built adjacent to the ruin, attached to the north-east corner and on a south-north axis. This cathedral was built between 1951 and 1962 by Sir Basil Spence with red sandstone and green slate cladding on the chapels. The nave and chancel walls have a saw-toothed plan with vertical windows on the south-east and north-west sides. The baptistry on the south end of the cathedral has a partly-glazed convex wall with a bronze sculpture of St Michael fighting Lucifer, by Epstein, on the wall near the porch.
This is part of the Sub Series: UXC01/01/01 Series of 35mm negatives showing English architecture; within the Series: UXC01/01 Series of negatives showing English architecture; within the Collection: UXC01 Ursula Clark Collection
© Historic England Archive
Photographer: Clark, Ursula
Medieval Cathedral, Mid 20th Century Cathedral, Mid 20th Century Sculpture
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