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词条 St Joseph's Cathedral, Swansea
释义

  1. History

  2. Description

  3. See also

  4. References

  5. External links

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| denomination = Roman Catholic
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| consecrated date = 1888
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| heritage designation = Grade II listed
| designated date = 30 March 1987
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| bishop = Thomas Burns
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The Cathedral Church of Saint Joseph – also known as St Joseph's Cathedral, Menevia Cathedral or Swansea Cathedral – is a Grade II-listed Roman Catholic cathedral in Swansea, Wales. It is the seat of the Bishop of Menevia and mother church of the Diocese of Menevia. The cathedral was built in the late nineteenth century and is located in the Greenhill area of Swansea.

History

Originally built as a church, St Joseph's was conceived by Father Wulstan Richards, OSB who came to Greenhill in 1875. It was designed by Peter Paul Pugin and took two years to build at a cost of £10,000. The building was officially opened on 25 November 1888 while still under construction. Built as a church, it was converted to a cathedral in 1987 for the redefined Diocese of Menevia.[1] It was designated a Grade II listed building on 30 March 1987.[2]

Description

The plan of the building is that of an apsidal chancel flanked by side chapels with a seven-bay aisled nave, a polygonal tower with spire in the north-west corner and twin porches on the western facade. Its walls are coursed bull-nosed masonry with bath stone dressings and red Dumfries stone in the nave piers and responds. The cathedral has a modern pantile roof and there is a gabled parapet, topped with a finial on the western side of the building above a small arched opening over a four-light Geometric traceried window. The nave has three-light clerestory traceried windows and the east facade has a lower clerestory and a three-light window under a corbelled gable with a finial. The ceiling has radiating ribs that extend to the walls.[2]

See also

  • Saint Joseph

References

1. ^The Cathedral Today, catholicweb.com; retrieved 29 March 2014.
2. ^{{cite web|title=St.joseph's R.c.church,convent Street, Greenhill - Castle - Swansea - Wales|url=http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/wa-11571-st-joseph-s-r-c-church-convent-street-gre|website=britishlistedbuildings.co.uk|publisher=British Listed Buildings|accessdate=1 May 2016}}

External links

  • Diocese of Menevia: The Cathedral
  • Artwork at St Joseph's Cathedral, Swansea
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