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The Cathedral Church of St. Barnabas is a
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of the
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in the city of
Nottingham Nottingham ( , locally ) is a city and unitary authority area in Nottinghamshire, East Midlands, England. It is located north-west of London, south-east of Sheffield and north-east of Birmingham. Nottingham has links to the legend of Robi ...
in
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, England. It is the
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of the
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and seat of the Bishop of Nottingham. The cathedral is a grade-II* listed building.


Location

It is located on the corner of Derby Road and North Circus Street, on the opposite side of which are the
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and the
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(Wellington Circus).


History

It was built between 1841 and 1844, costing £15,000 (equivalent to £ in ), and was first consecrated in 1844, fifteen years after the
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ended most restrictions on Catholicism in the
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. A substantial amount of the cost was paid by the important Catholic Lord Shrewsbury. The
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was Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin who also designed the interior of The
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. It was built in the Early English Plain
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style, although in contrast, the
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was richly decorated and Pugin's later churches were built in that Decorated Gothic style throughout. Pugin was retained as architect by Rev Robert William Willson, then priest in charge of Nottingham. In 1842 he was named as Bishop-Elect of Hobart,
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, and had to leave the work in Nottingham before completion. Following the establishment of a new Catholic hierarchy in England and Wales in 1850 by the decree of
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, it was raised to
cathedral A cathedral is a church that contains the ''cathedra'' () of a bishop, thus serving as the central church of a diocese, conference, or episcopate. Churches with the function of "cathedral" are usually specific to those Christian denominations ...
status in 1852, becoming one of the first four Catholic cathedrals in England and Wales since the
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. It is the seat of the Bishop of Nottingham. The cathedral is a
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building of the lancet style of architecture Most of Pugin's decorative scheme was destroyed in the upheaval that surrounded the
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, when the old high altar was discarded, and most of the painted decoration smothered and painted plain. Other fittings removed at this time include the old cathedra, as well as the figures of St Mary and St John from the rood screen (the figures were reinstated in 1993). Buildings of England wrote: 'The whole effect could hardly be further from the richness of decoration and atmosphere that Pugin intended'. A fragment of the scheme is preserved in the Blessed Sacrament chapel, and is the highlight of the interior. The replacement high altar from the 1960s was replaced again in 1993 with one in a more sympathetic style. Fragments of Pugin's decoration, such as the roundels in the nave, were uncovered and restored, but most remains lost. The
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of the cathedral also serve the
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of
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on Woodborough Road.


Cathedral music

The cathedral's choral scholarships are available to students above or of eighteen years of age who are in full-time tertiary education in the Nottingham area.


List of Directors of Music

*
Edmund Hart Turpin Edmund Hart Turpin (4 May 1835, Nottingham – 25 October 1907, Middlesex) was an organist, composer, writer and choir leader based in Nottingham and London. Life Edmund Hart Turpin was born into a musical family that ran a dealership in musi ...
1850 – 1865 * James Turpin 1866 – 1873 (afterwards organist of Londonderry Cathedral) *William George Taylor 1874 – 1885 – 1898 – 1905 *William Francis Taylor 1905 – 1963 *Peter Smedley 1964 – 2003 *Neil Page 2003 – 2014 *Alex Patterson 2014 – 2020 *Gregory Treloar 2020 -


Assistant Directors of Music / Organists

*Peter Smedley 1954 – 1964 *Christopher Burton 2008 – 2010 *Paul Hayward 2011 – 2012 *Alex Patterson 2012 – 2014 *Eden Lavelle 2016 – 2017 *Eleanor Martin 2019 – present


References


External links


St. Barnabas' Cathedral Official WebsiteNottingham Cathedral Music WebsiteDiocese of Nottingham Official Website Audio slideshow tour of St. Barnabas' from the BBC
{{Roman Catholic Cathedrals in the United Kingdom
Nottingham Nottingham ( , locally ) is a city and unitary authority area in Nottinghamshire, East Midlands, England. It is located north-west of London, south-east of Sheffield and north-east of Birmingham. Nottingham has links to the legend of Robi ...
Nottingham Nottingham ( , locally ) is a city and unitary authority area in Nottinghamshire, East Midlands, England. It is located north-west of London, south-east of Sheffield and north-east of Birmingham. Nottingham has links to the legend of Robi ...
Tourist attractions in Nottinghamshire Buildings and structures in Nottinghamshire Grade II* listed churches in Nottinghamshire Grade II* listed cathedrals Roman Catholic churches completed in 1844 19th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in the United Kingdom Roman Catholic Diocese of Nottingham Grade II* listed Roman Catholic churches in England Roman Catholic churches in Nottinghamshire Augustus Pugin buildings