The St Thomas Cathedral Church of Canterbury , commonly known as Portsmouth Cathedral , is a British cathedral church. This is the cathedral of the Church of the English Diocese in Portsmouth and is located in the center of Old Portsmouth. This is the seat of the Bishop of Portsmouth.
The Anglican cathedral is one of two cathedral churches in the city, the other is the Roman Catholic Cathedral of St John the Evangelist, Portsmouth which is located about a mile to the north.
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History
Around 1180, Jean de Gisors, a wealthy Norman merchant and Lord of the Manor of Titchfield, gave land in his new town of Portsmouth to the Augustinian canon of Southwick Priory so they could build a chapel "for the Grand Honor of Martyr Thomas of Canterbury, one times archbishop, in (my) land called Sudewede, Portsea Island ". It was given so they could build a chapel dedicated to honor St. Thomas of Canterbury, who was murdered and martyred ten years earlier. The chapel became, in turn, a parish church in the 14th century and later became a cathedral in the 20th century.
The medieval building, dedicated in 1188, was crucified, with a central tower, used as a reconnaissance and lighthouse point, above the intersection. From the original building, only chancel and transepts are left. The Church survived the French attack in 1337 that had spent most of the Portsmouth area during the Hundred Years War. However, in 1449, Adam Moleyns, Bishop of Chichester, was killed by local sailors. The townspeople were ostracized and the church was closed. In 1591, Elizabeth I worshiped at St Thomas' Church. During the British Civil War, when the Parliamentary forces invaded the city in 1642, the Royal garrison used the church tower to observe the movement of enemy troops. The parliamentary shooter stationed in Gosport fired on the tower and caused damage to the church. This resulted in the ruins of the tower and the medieval nave. With the restoration of the monarchy in 1660 came the authorization by Charles II to collections in churches across the country to raise Ã, 9,000 pounds needed to rebuild the tower and nave, which lasted from 1683 to 1693. The middle section was built in the classical style. The gallery was added in 1708 to serve growing congregations, and extended in 1750. Wooden dome with lanterns for delivery was added to the top of the tower in 1703. A ring with eight bells was given at the same time. Two additional bells were thrown in 1957 and currently the central tower contains a total of 12 bells. All the bells are thrown on Taylor's Bell Foundry and hung in the octagonal part of the wooden tower. Various improvements and changes were made during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. In 1902, the church was closed for two years so much needed work on the foundation could be done. During this period, St. Mary's Colewort, a chapel of convenience, served as a temporary parish church.
Cathedral
The establishment of the Diocese of Portsmouth, which broke away from Winchester diocese in 1927, brought about a significant change. On May 1 of that year, the parish church St. Thomas of Canterbury became pro-cathedral in the new diocese, becoming the second cathedral in Portsmouth, when the Roman Catholic Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist was opened in 1882. At a chapter meeting in October 1932, the first sketch plan for extension to the church was delivered by Charles Nicholson. He was called to extend the church to a measure that would glorify its cathedral status; in 1935 the "provisional" nature of his title had been dropped.
The style Nicholson chose was the curved "Neo-Byzantium" style that echoed the "classic" style of the late seventeenth-century quire. In 1939, the outer quire alleys, towers, transepts and three bays of the nave were completed. The base of the seventeenth century tower has been opened to form the tower arch. However, with the French Fall in June 1940 during World War II, work on the expansion scheme ceased and the bay from its central part was blocked with a "temporary" brick wall. This wall has been in existence for more than fifty years. During the Second World War, the Cathedral suffered minor damage to windows and roofs. Nicholson died in 1949 and an effort led by Bernard Montgomery to complete the structure in 1960 proved unsuccessful due to a substantive failure to find sufficient funds. However, since the building has been used for years without extension, it is quite usable and there is no urgency to complete the job. However, in the mid-1980s, the "temporary" brick wall had become unstable and in danger of destruction, which made the completion of work even more difficult. The job of the architects was to find a solution to solve the NaveCon's nave truncated problem: the core was originally intended to be longer, in the traditional style of the English cathedral, but the changing need of the diocese meant that the building was finally built with the nave at the front, the last west wall located close to where the temporary structure is. Efforts began to raise the £ 3 million needed to implement the plan. Work began in January 1990 and finally a fourth bay of nave, west tower, tower room, rose window, gallery, ambulance, along with stone altar under Nicholson tester and new stone fonts were added. In November 1991, the completed building, much smaller than the original planned plan, was consecrated in the presence of Queen Elizabeth, Queen Mother.
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Architecture
The official entrance to the cathedral is through a western bronze door, designed by Bryan Kneale. The design is based on the tree of life, an ancient symbol that represents the renewal of life. The complete living room is a square room covered by an outdoor ambulatory. Outpatient is low and domed. Because the furniture in the middle is not repaired, it can be used for a variety of ways, including concerts and exhibitions as well as services. On the rood screen, underneath the nave organ box is a statue called Christus by Peter Eugene Ball. The nave organ case was designed by Didier Grassin in 2001; the inside of the panel was designed by Patrick Caulfield. The left side depicts the night, with a shining beacon-style lighthouse in the sea (which alludes to the motto of City of Portsmouth, "The Light of Heaven Our Guide"). The right door describes the day, showing the sun and the hull of a fishing boat. The tower was pierced to provide the organ loft that was lifted in a low dark hallway. Font (1991), created for ninth-century Greek design, is centrally placed between the nave and quire. In the south of the transept tower is the bronze status of Saint John the Baptist by David Wynne. It was thrown in 1951 as a memorial to Winchester College students who died at the Matterhorn. On the north wall of the transept south tower is a painting of the Draft of the Wonder Fish by William Lionel Wyllie. Transept of the north tower contains ceramic plaques of the Virgin and Child by the sculptor Firenze Andrea della Robbia. The main altar stands on a Purbeck stone podium, mosaiced by Richard Noviss. The speech was a gift of Edward VII in 1903. The pulpit was installed in 1693 and all was left of the three-stage pulpit. The organ box, built by Francis Bird, with carved cherub figures and King David playing the harp, belonging to Nicholson Organ and bearing the date 1717.
Music
Department of music
There are three choirs in the cathedral. The cathedral choir consists of men and boys singing in five services each week. Cantate is a female choir, founded in 2006 to sing Choral Evensong every Thursday. The Consort Cathedral (formerly known as the Parish Choir) is a mixed choir of adult and younger singers, directed by sub-organizers, who sing Choral Evensong on Saturdays every month. Often, choirs combine to form the Great Choir, usually on great services and events. The choirmen ("rearguard" adult male singer) consists of six chorus clerks and six laymen and they sing Choral Evensong every Monday.
The choir regularly toured, with recent European visits including destinations such as Tallinn (Estonia), Stockholm (Sweden), Salzburg (Austria), Berlin (Germany), Gozo (Malta), Ypres (Belgium) and Notre Dame des Neiges in the Alpe d'Huez (France).
The Organist and Master of the Choristers, currently David Price, oversees the Department of Music and is assisted by sub-organizers and Michael James Organ Scholar. Oliver Hancock has been a sub-organist since September 2012. Michael James Organ Scholar is appointed every year and is usually performed by a graduate person during their breakthrough year.
Organ Katedral
Three guidebooks and pedals, forty-nine cathedral stopper installed in 1994 by Nicholson & amp; Co of Worcester The pipes were taken from the organ of John Nicholson in 1861 built for the Manchester Cathedral, which was relocated to the Church of the Holy Trinity, Bolton, in 1874; it was rebuilt by Jardine & amp; Co. in 1905. In 2001, the Great West division was added, so the organ could speak into the nave. The remodeled organ was officially inaugurated in November 2001, with a recital given by Olivier Latry, a titular organ in Notre Dame de Paris.
In 2007, the cathedral introduced a manual, three-roof space organ built by Kenneth Tickell & amp; Co of Northampton.
Deans and chapters
As of January 6, 2018:
- Dean - David Brindley (since 2002)
- Canon Precentor - Jo Spreadbury (since September 2015)
- Canon Chancellor - Peter Leonard (since Easter Day 2014)
- (Diocesan) Director of Social Enterprise and Involvement (Canon Residentiary) - Nick Ralph (since 2009)
- (Diocese) Head of Mission, Discipline and Service (Residentiary Canon) - Anthony Rustell (since 2014)
Prayer
As the Sea Cathedral,
we pray for all people at sea today/night/night,
and for those whose job it is to support them in their work.Creator and Father of all,
we pray for those who descend by ship,
and serve above the waters of the world. SiteBless them and those who minister to their needs,
that they can put their trust in you
and find you a strong anchor for their hope.
and filled with your peace,
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
See also
- List of cathedrals in the United Kingdom
References
External links
- Official website
- Cathedral Innovation Center
- The Flickr image marks Portsmouth Cathedral
- 32 Cathedral Image With Description
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