Worcester Cathedral

Worcester Cathedral
Cathedral Church of Christ and Blessed Mary the Virgin
Worcester Cathedral
Worcester Cathedral Location within Worcestershire
52°11′20″N 2°13′15″W / 52.18889°N 2.22083°W / 52.18889; -2.22083
Location	Worcester (Worcestershire)
Country	United Kingdom
Denomination	Church of England
Website	worcestercathedral.co.uk
History
Former name(s)	Worcester Priory
Architecture
Functional status	Active
Style	Norman, Gothic
Years built	1084–1504
Specifications
Length	130 m (426.51 ft)
Nave length	53 m (173.88 ft)
Width	44 m (144.36 ft)
Nave width	9 m (29.53 ft)
Nave height	20 m (65.62 ft)
Number of towers	1
Tower height	62 m (203.41 ft)
Bells	16 hung for change ringing
Tenor bell weight	48cwt - 0qr - 2lb in B
Administration
Province	Canterbury
Diocese	Worcester (since 670)
Clergy
Bishop(s)	John Inge
Dean	Stephen Edwards (Interim Dean)
Precentor	John Paul Hoskins
Canon(s)	Stephen Edwards (Vice-Dean) Kimberly Bohan (Canon Librarian)
Laity
Organist(s)	Samuel Hudson (Director of Music) Nicholas Freestone (Assistant Director of Music)

Worcester Cathedral, formally the Cathedral Church of Christ and Blessed Mary the Virgin, is a Church of England cathedral in Worcester, England. The cathedral is the seat of the bishop of Worcester and is the mother church of the diocese of Worcester; it is administered by its dean and chapter. The cathedral is a grade I listed building and part of a scheduled monument.^[1][2]

The cathedral was founded in 680. The earliest surviving fabric dates from 1084, when the cathedral was rebuilt in the Romanesque style by Bishop Wulfstan. The chapter house dates from 1120, and the nave was extended in the 1170s. Between 1224 and 1269 the east end was rebuilt in the Early English Gothic style. The remainder of the nave was rebuilt in the 1360s, and the "exquisite" central tower completed in 1374.^[3] The cathedral retains a set of medieval misericords, now set into Victorian choir stalls; the cathedral was heavily restored in the nineteenth century, and contains a set of furnishings by George Gilbert Scott. It contains several funerary monuments, including those of King John; Arthur, Prince of Wales; and the prime minister Stanley Baldwin.