Thursday 26 July 2007

Spot the Difference

The missing pillar: Mgr Collingwood (Administrator 1947 - 1954) had the central pillar near the Blessed Sacrament Chapel removed because it got in the way of processions. It was later removed and restored; the photograph below shows the scene today.


The fragments of Mgr Collingwood's design are now ignominiously stacked by the back fire escape of the Clergy House.
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2 comments:

Anonymous said...

The Blessed Sacrament Chapel is brilliant, lovely posts on it, and great photos!

Phil said...

The number of chairs in the earlier photograph suggests that Mgr C may have been right to make his alterations. I wonder whether there was a congregation to match the number of chairs?

BTW, just to add to what Joee Bloggs has said - thanks for posting some lovely and unusual pictures of the cathedral.