ST ANDREW’S CATHEDRAL
SYDNEY, NSW ANGLICAN
PAUL SCOTT
The red numbers on this plan of St Andrew’s Cathedral correspond to the photos on this site. The black numbers correspond to the windows listing in the Cathedral Windows booklet. The capital letters give a labelling of the clerestory windows.
The Cathedral has the sanctuary in a due east direction, geographically, so our liturgical directions (East, West, North, South with capital initial letters) coincide with the geographical directions.
A brief history of the Cathedral is given below. However, if you want to begin your tour of the Cathedral immediately, tap / click on START . You can also access intermediate points in the tour by a tap / click on the following links:
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HISTORY
[Wikipedia]
St Andrew’s Cathedral (also known as St Andrew’s Anglican Cathedral) is a cathedral church of the Anglican Diocese of Sydney. It should not be confused with the nearby Catholic St Mary’s Cathedral. The Cathedral is the seat of the Anglican Archbishop of Sydney and Metropolitan bishop of New South Wales, currently the Most Reverend Glenn Davies, elected August 2013. The dean, appointed in May 2015, is the Very Reverend Kanishka Raffel.
St Andrew’s has an Evangelical ministry, holding services every day, including a weekly healing service. There is a Cathedral choir of men and boys who sing during term time, as well as a company of bell ringers. The notable pipe organ has been restored and is regularly used for recitals and concerts.
Designed primarily by Edmund Blacket on foundations laid by James Hume, the Cathedral was built from 1837 to 1868, and was ready for services and consecrated in 1868, making it the oldest cathedral in Australia. St Andrew’s is one of the city’s finest examples of Gothic Revival architecture. Joan Kerr described the Cathedral as ‘a perfect example of the colonial desire to reproduce England in Australia in the mid nineteenth century.’
The Cathedral is located at 1400 George Street in the Sydney central business district. St Andrew’s is owned by the Anglican Church Property Trust. It was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 3 September 2004; is listed on the City of Sydney local government heritage register; and is listed on the (now defunct) Register of the National Estate.
A further detailed history follows on this site. ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Andrew%27s_Cathedral,_Sydney
