Artwork : ArchiveNo00076

Cathedral Maquette 1937

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Contributor Name	Portsmouth Cathedral
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Location	Old Portsmouth
Collection Date	20.02.08 11.50am
Artefact Name	Cathedral Maquette
Artefact Description	Poor condition. The maquette is made out of plaster and card. Painted.
Artefact Date	1937
Artefact Stored	South-west Tower
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Artefact Image	00076_model.jpg
Sample Taken	Painted card from side
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History of Artefact	Charles Nicholson (architect) produced the model. The design was made for completion of the Cathedral. The design didn’t go ahead in the end. The Cathedral was a parish church until 1927 when the diocese of Portsmouth was carved out of the diocese of Winchester. It was agreed that St Thomas’s would become the Cathedral. Charles Nicholson was appointed as the architect to build the Cathedral. He built three bays of the nave. When war broke out in 1939 they ran out of money so temporary red brick walls were made at the west end of the building – these were there until 1988. It took two years to complete from 1989. The current architect is Michael Durey.
Historian	John Friars
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Artwork Image	00076_WEB.jpg

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