Peterborough Cathedral

Peterborough Cathedral
The Cathedral Church of St Peter, St Paul and St Andrew
Peterborough Cathedral
52°34′21″N 0°14′20″W / 52.5725°N 0.238889°W / 52.5725; -0.238889
Location	Peterborough, Cambridgeshire
Country	England
Denomination	Church of England
Previous denomination	Roman Catholic
Website	Peterborough Cathedral
History
Dedication	St Peter, St Paul, St Andrew
Consecrated	1238
Architecture
Style	Romanesque/Gothic
Years built	1118–1237
Specifications
Nave length	147 m (482 ft)
Height	44 m (144 ft)
Number of towers	4
Number of spires	2
Administration
Province	Canterbury
Diocese	Peterborough (since 1542)
Clergy
Bishop(s)	Vacant
Dean	Chris Dalliston
Subdean	Tim Alban Jones (Vice-Dean)
Precentor	Rowan C. Williams
Canon(s)	one Diocesan Canon vacancy
Canon Missioner	Steve Benoy (designate)
Laity
Director of music	Tansy Castledine
Organist(s)	Christopher Strange (Organist) Vacant (Organ Scholar)

Peterborough Cathedral, properly the Cathedral Church of St Peter, St Paul and St Andrew, formerly St Peter's Abbey and also still known as St Peter's Cathedral in the United Kingdom,^[1] is the seat of the Anglican Bishop of Peterborough, dedicated to Saint Peter, Saint Paul, and Saint Andrew, whose statues look down from the three high gables of the famous West Front. Although it was founded in the Anglo-Saxon period, its architecture is mainly Norman, following a rebuilding in the 12th century. With Durham and Ely cathedrals, it is one of the most important 12th-century buildings in England to have remained largely intact, despite extensions and restoration.

Peterborough Cathedral is known for its imposing Early English Gothic West Front (façade) which, with its three enormous arches, is without architectural precedent and with no direct successor. The appearance is slightly asymmetrical, as one of the two towers that rise from behind the façade was never completed (the tower on the right as one faces the building), but this is only visible from a distance.