Basic Site Details Name: | Westminster Cathedral | Town, district or village: | Westminster | City or county: | London | Country: | England | Parish: | | Status: | | Grid ref: | | Notes: | Cost of Chapel of St Andrew and the Saints of Scotland: £10,537 5s 2d. | Alternative NamesThe following alternative names are associated with this building/design: | | Name | Current name? | Notes | | Westminster RC Cathedral | Yes | |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes | | 1894 | 1903 | | Designed and built | | 1910 | 1915 | | Fitting out and furnishing of St Andrew's Chapel | | 1915 | | Design exhibited | | | 1923 | 1926 | | Chapel of St Andrew: repair and cleaning of marble and mosaics, and installation of panelled confessional in outer wall, new grille in screen, and new kneelers |
PeopleDesign and ConstructionThe following individuals or organisations have carried out design/construction work. Where architects or practices worked together, matching letters appear beside their names in the Partnership Group column. | | Name | Role | Partnership Group | From | To | Notes | | John Francis Bentley | | | 1894 | 1902 | Designed and built | | Ernest Gimson | | A | 1910 | 1915 | Furnishing | | Robert Weir Schultz | | A | 1910 | 1915 | Fitting out of Chapel of St Andrew and the Saints of Scotland (with marble by Farmer & Brindley, metalwork by W Bainbridge Reynolds, sculpture by J Stirling Lee, mosaic by Gaetano Meo and Sir Ernest Debenham's mosaic workers, and furnishings by E Gimson) | | Robert Weir Schultz | | B | 1923 | 1926 | Chapel of St Andrew: repair and cleaning of marble and mosaics, and installation of panelled confessional in outer wall, new grille in screen, and new kneelers |
ClientsThe following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | | Name | Notes | | Bute, 4th Marquess of (John Crichton-Stuart) | for Chapel of St Andrew and the Saints of Scotland |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Bradley, Simon and Pevsner, Nikolaus (ed) | 2003 | London 6: Westminster (The Buildings of England) | | New Haven and London: Yale University Press | pp673-9 | | de l'Hopital, Winefride | 1919 | Westminster Cathedral and its Architect | | | Winefride de l'Hopital was Bentley's daughter; introduction by W R Lethaby. | | Royal Academy | 1915 | | | | | | Stamp, Gavin | 1981 | Robert Weir Schultz, Architect, and his work for the Marquesses of Bute | | London: The Curwen Press / Mount Stuart | pp61-3 |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this building: | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | Builder | 10 December 1915 | CIX | | |
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