krela
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The Apostles Cathedral was concieved in the 1820s as the catholic cathedral for the south west of england, after a decree from the then pope that england needed to build more places of catholic worship to replace those that had been decimated in the abolition of the monasteries by Henry VIII centuries before.
Designed by architect H.E. Goodridge, the cathedral was laid out as an imposing corinthian temple with large catacombs, corinthian columns and decorative stonework surrounds. Unfortunately half way into the work it was discovered that the land on which they were building was significantly more unstable than assumed, and massive underpinning works had to be done which used up much of the funding.
The building you see today is very different to the one intended, instead of the corinthian columns they are simple plain ones, and only the frontage is ornately carved (and now rotting away in the acid rain). The cathedral was eventually replaced by the ultra contemporary 'Cathedral Church of SS Peter and Paul' half a mile away which opened in 1973.
Designed by architect H.E. Goodridge, the cathedral was laid out as an imposing corinthian temple with large catacombs, corinthian columns and decorative stonework surrounds. Unfortunately half way into the work it was discovered that the land on which they were building was significantly more unstable than assumed, and massive underpinning works had to be done which used up much of the funding.
The building you see today is very different to the one intended, instead of the corinthian columns they are simple plain ones, and only the frontage is ornately carved (and now rotting away in the acid rain). The cathedral was eventually replaced by the ultra contemporary 'Cathedral Church of SS Peter and Paul' half a mile away which opened in 1973.