The Choir, Chester Cathedral.
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The High Altar, Chester Cathedral.
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In 1844, an Organ, by Gray & Davison of London, was installed in Chester Cathedral, replacing an instrument with parts dating back to 1626.
The Organ was rebuilt and enlarged by Whiteley Bros of Chester in 1876, to include harmonic flutes and reeds by Cavaillé-Coll. It was later moved to its present position at the front of the North Transept.
In 1910, William Hill and Son of London extensively rebuilt and revoiced the Organ, replacing the Cavaillé-Coll reeds with new pipes of their own.
The Choir division of the Organ was enlarged and moved behind the Choir-Stalls on the South side.
Chester Cathedral. The friable Red Sandstone
building was heavily restored in the 19th-Century.
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Chester Cathedral Organ.
On Saturday 29 May 2021, an Organ Concert was held in
the spectacular surroundings of Chester Cathedral.
Jonathan Scott demonstrates the full symphonic
capabilities of the Cathedral’s Grand Pipe Organ as he performs arrangements of some of the greatest Orchestral Favourites, including Wagner’s epic Overture to Tannhäuser.
Available on YouTube
The instrument was again overhauled by Rushworth and Dreaper of Liverpool in 1969, when a new mechanism and some new pipework, made to a design by the Organist, Roger Fisher, was installed.
Since 1991, the Organ has been in the care of David Wells of Liverpool.[45]
Stained-Glass.
Chester Cathedral suffered badly at the hands of the Parliamentary troops.[28] As a consequence, its Stained-Glass dates mainly from the 19th-Century and 20th-Century and has representative examples of the significant trends in Stained-Glass design from the 1850s onwards.
Stained-Glass.
Chester Cathedral suffered badly at the hands of the Parliamentary troops.[28] As a consequence, its Stained-Glass dates mainly from the 19th-Century and 20th-Century and has representative examples of the significant trends in Stained-Glass design from the 1850s onwards.
Of the earlier Victorian firms, William Wailes is the best represented, in the South Aisle (1862), as well as Hardman & Co. and Michael O'Connor.
Glass from the High Victorian period is well represented by two leading London firms, Clayton and Bell and Heaton, Butler and Bayne.
The Great East Window, Chester Cathedral.
The subject is Jesus, Saviour of the World. It is a Trinity Window, with the name of God, The Lamb of God, and
The Holy Spirit, represented in the Upper Tracery.
The Central Light shows God as High Priest holding
The Infant Jesus. From Left to Right, the other figures
are Saint Joseph, The Blessed Virgin Mary, Saint Anna,
Saint Simeon. This magnificent Stained-Glass Window
was manufactured by Heaton, Butler and Bayne.
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The Aesthetic-Style is represented by Charles Eamer Kempe. Early-20th-Century Stained-Glass Windows include several commemorating those who died in World War I.
There are also several notable modern Windows, the most recent being the Refectory Window of 2001 by Ros Grimshaw, which depicts The Creation.[46]
There are also several notable modern Windows, the most recent being the Refectory Window of 2001 by Ros Grimshaw, which depicts The Creation.[46]
The Eight-Light Perpendicular Window of the West End contains Mid-20th-Century Glass representing The Holy Family and Saints, by W. T. Carter Shapland.
Three modern windows are in the South Aisle, designed and made by Alan Younger to replace Windows damaged in the Second World War. They were donated by the 6th Duke of Westminster to celebrate the 900th Anniversary of the Cathedral and contain the dates 1092 and 1992 to reflect the theme of “continuity and change”.[47]
Nave.
The West End of the Nave is dominated by an Eight-Light Window in the Perpendicular Gothic Style, which almost fills the upper part of the West Wall.
It contains Stained-Glass designed by W. T. Carter Shapland dating from 1961 and depicts The Holy Family in the middle two Lights, flanked by the Northern Saints: Werburgh; Oswald; Aidan; Chad and Wilfrid; Queen Ethelfleda.[48]
The Nave Pulpit was designed by the restorer R. C. Hussey, and the Lectern, dated 1876, is by Skidmore.[49]
The Nave Pulpit was designed by the restorer R. C. Hussey, and the Lectern, dated 1876, is by Skidmore.[49]
The Mosaic floor of the Tower Bay was designed by John Howson (Dean, 1867 – 1885) and executed by Burke and Co. The same firm installed the Mosaics which decorate the wall of the North Aisle, depicting the Patriarchs and Prophets Abraham, Moses, David and Elijah.[4] They were designed by J. R. Clayton of Clayton and Bell, and date from 1883 to 1886.[49]
PART NINE FOLLOWS.
