The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-09-10
NEW CATHOLIC CATHEDRAL.
Description OF the New Edlfice
Built Ia london.
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The building of this vast and stately
cathedral. undoubtedly the largest built
IN Great Britain since the Reformation
originated with Cardinal Manning After
nineteen years of strenuous effort the
present site in Ashley Gardens Victoria
street, was secured for the purpose of
its erection. Further than this, the late
cardinal was unable to proceed with the
undertaking. In 1894 Cardinal Vaughan
resolved to begin the erection of the
cathedral.
With Westminster abbey within sight,
the idea of a cathedral of Gothic style
OF the magnltude contemplated was not
to be entertained. The style decided
upon was the early Byzantine. John
Francis Bentley was the architect
chosen. The plans accepted and since
carried out. embraced a noble porch, a
naFtheX or VeStibule, & campanile
Lave and two aisles, with TRANSCRIPTS;
baptistery and eight side chapels
sanctuary four and a half feet above
spacious chapel of the Blessed Sacra-
ment, and on the other side the Lady
Chapel; beyond the sanctuary an apsidal
choir. raised thirteen feet above the
nave, for the chanting of the divine Of
hce, with crypt chapel beneath it; over
the aisles and at the west end capacieus
tribunes or galleries, and behind the
Blessed Sacrament Chapel two large
sacristies and rooms connected with
them.
The external dimensions are: Extreme
length, $50 feet; width, 1856 feet height
of nave, III feet; height of facade (Tot
including the turretsl, 101 feet; height of
campanhe, 2T3 feet, and to the top of the
cross 2S3 feet Internally the dimensions
are: Length from the main entrance TO
the sanctuary, 232 feet; depth Of the
sanctuary, 81 feet, and of the raised
choir beyond. Is feet, making the fetal
internal length 342 feet; width of nave,
69 feet; Width across nave and aiSleS, So
feet; across nave and aisles and side
chanelS, 14S feet height of the main
arches Of the nave, 80 feet, and OF its
three d0meS, 112 feet.
The chief structural materials used are
very hard brick and stone set in cement
mortar The extel nal walls. 10 the
height OF eight feet from the ground, are
OF granite, and the structure above of
red brick, in many parts artisticaliy ar
ranged, with large amount of decorative
work IN Portland stone. Internally, be-
sides the lofty and massive pieis there
will be twenty-eight columns of marble
seventeen feet high in the nave, sles and
TRANSCRIPTS, as well as many other coll
umns of marble and granite in the sane
tuafy, the crypt and other parts. 1t is
and the piers to the height of thirty-eight
feet with marble. The whole Of the up-
per part of the piers and walls and the
vaults and concrete domes will b. deco.
rated with mosaic work iliustFa ting the
history of the Catholic church
The cost OF the cathedral building-that
Is, Of the fabric simply, without the In
ternal decoration-will probably exceed
e17O,OOO 1t Is impossible. at this date. TO
form any estimate. whatsoever. Of what
the decoration and ornamentation Of the
in terror VIII amount to-
The opening Of the cathedral is am
nounced FOR June 20, 1901. the Feast of the
Apostles SITS. Peter and Paul the sixth
stone.