In preparation
for the ‘PhotoWalk’ on 25th February I have prepared the following
notes for those attending:
SOUTHWARK CATHEDRAL The Cathedral and Collegiate Church
of St Saviour and St Mary Overie. Created a Cathedral in 1905.
A church
first erected in 1106. Much altered and restored over the years. The oldest
part of the present building is the Retro-choir and Choir built in 1207. The
Transepts remodelled 15C, the Tower dates from the late 14C - 15C.
Restoration
began 1818 – 23 with the Choir and the Tower by George Gwilt the younger . The Transepts much altered in 1830 by Robert Wallace. Retro-choir restored in
1833 by Gwilt. Tower pinnacles by Gwilt.
The Nave was
pulled down in 1838 and replaced in 1839-40 by Henry Rose then swept away in 1890 – 97 and completely rebuilt by Sir Arthur
W Blomfield.
The Havard
Chapel 12C but largely by Blomfield.
Contains a Tabernacle by A W N Pugin,
shown at the 1851 exhibition, it went to St Augustine Ramsgate and then given
to the Cathedral in 1971.
South
Transept vaults and South window by Blomfield.
20C Retro-choir Altars and Screens by Ninian
Comper. The 1520 stone Altar Screen much restored with 1833 canopies,
friezes and demi-angels restored by Wallace, the statues by Nicholls date from 1905, guilded and
repainted by Comper in 1950.
Behind the screen East window The Glory of God also by Comper.
Behind the screen East window The Glory of God also by Comper.
Organ case
by Bloomfield. Creation window by Henry Holiday 1893, N. Aisle windows by Kempe. Martyrs window by Ward & Hughes, 1890. Shakespeare window by C Webb, 1954. Shakespeare Memorial by Henry W McCarthy, 1911. (Edmond
Shakespeare buried in church 1607).
Austin Memorial
in N. Transept by Nicholas Stone,
features the Angel of the Restoration pointing to the Sun of Righteousness,
supported by Rock of Christ from which issues a stream and a serpent.
St. Olaf House. 1928-32 Architect H. S. Goodhart-Rendel.
The Hop Exchange. Now called Central Buildings. 1866 by R H Moore.
Canon Street Railway Bridge. By Hawkshaw. Built 1863-6 (widened 1886-93, strengthened 1979-81).
Southwark Bridge. 1912-21, Mott & Hay engineers with Sir
Ernest George architect.
