St Paul's Cathedral, Melbourne Australia. by blinkings
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Description
The land that it stands on was once a corn market, until in 1848, when it was made available for the construction of St Paul's Parish Church, a bluestone church (see below). St Paul's Parish Church was consecrated in 1852 and was in use until 1885 when it was demolished to make way for the current cathedral. A distinguished English architect, William Butterfield, designed the cathedral, in the architectural style of Gothic transitional. The foundation stone was laid in 1880 and, on 22 January 1891, the cathedral was consecrated. The spires were not added until 1926.
Comments (14)
Faemike55
Very beautiful Great capture and history
Adobe_One_Kenobi
How much lovelier the early image was, great shooting mate.
ichtvan
Great capture !!!
durleybeachbum
An incredible mixture of styles in this place, and therefore very interesting!
jayfar
A beautiful Cathedral, not so the buildings around it.
kgb224
Superb capture my friend. God bless.
alanwilliams
an architectural bodge up, the beautiful cathedral deserves better
netot
Excellent capture , Mate. Beautiful church, beautiful and very functional buildings and visitor center. It's interesting how two very different architectural styles coexist in the same place
CavalierLady
Very interesting image and narrative...and something I've not seen before. Nicely done.
RodS
Interesting history, and cool photo.
MrsRatbag
It's quite pretty, but would be so much nicer without that "visitor centre" thing in front of it! What an ugly building that is!
sossy
nice to have the chance to see parts of Melbourne! and also cool to see it in older times! ;o)
debbielove
Who on earth decided to to surround it with those buildings.. The Cathederal is lovely, the others? Start again, designer go back to start! Rob
danapommet
That's beautiful Andrew and William Butterfield designed a beauty!