Sujet

Manchester Cathedral, Manchester, 1942. Creator: George Bernard Wood.

Légende

Manchester Cathedral, Manchester, 1942. The north west corner of the Ely Chapel at St Mary's Cathedral Church, or Manchester Cathedral, showing bomb damage. The cathedral was originally a collegiate parish church, dating between c1422 and 1520, and became a cathedral in 1847. It may contain some earlier material, and was altered in 1814-1815, 1862-1868, 1885-1886 and in 1898. It received bomb damage during 1940 and was rebuilt and restored by Sir Hubert Worthington. The cathedral has a west tower with porch, a six bay aisled nave with north and south porches, an aisled choir with chapels flanking the north and south sides, a presbytery, retrochoir and a Lady Chapel at the east end. Manchester cathedral was the second-most damaged cathedral in Britain during World War II.

Date

1942

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Historic England Archive

Notre référence

HRM21B16_162

Model release

Non

Property release

Non

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

70,9Mo (2,7Mo) / 35,6cm x 49,9cm / 4210 x 5890 (300dpi)

Mots clés

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