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This magnificent building is Britains most westerly Cathedra=
l and
with the exception of St.Pauls in London,
the first Cathedral to be built in England since the Reformation=
. It
was designed by the architect J.L.Pearson and b=
uilt
of honey-coloured Bath stone on the site of the former
sixteenth century Parish Church of St. Mary; the South aisle of which being
retained to form an aisle of the Cathedral. Work began on the building in 1=
880,
the foundation stone being laid by the then Prince of Wales - later King Edwar=
d VII
- and the building consecrated by the Archbishop of Canterbury seven years
later. Work on the Cathedral =
was
finished with the completion of the two west towers in 1909. Of particular
interest is the Alabaster and Marble memorial to the R=
obartes
family and the George Tinworth Terracotta Panel
depicting the Way of the Cross.
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