In preparation for the Photography Course to be held at the
Cathedral on 15th October there follows a short description of the
key points of note.
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 A 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.
Organ case by Bloomfield.
Creation window by Henry Holiday
1893, N. Aisle windows 100-0 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.
Course information can be found on my photo blog: http://polypodphoto.blogspot.com/
