Canterbury Cathedral
Canterbury Cathedral
Christ Church Cathedral in the Precincts, Canterbury, is a Grade I listed building and the metropolitical church of the Archbishop of Canterbury, part of the Canterbury World Heritage Site, in the Diocese of Canterbury.
- Location
- Canterbury, Kent
- Country
- England
- County
- Kent
- City / town
- Canterbury
- Address
- The Precincts, Canterbury, Kent, CT1 2EH
- Postcode
- CT1 2EH
- Built
- Crypt C11; choir 1175–84; nave 1378–1410; SW tower 1424–34; Bell Harry 1494–1503; NW tower 1832–41
- Consecrated
- 602 (St Augustine reconsecrated the earlier church)
- Architect
- William of Sens; William the Englishman
- Denomination
- Church of England
- Dedication
- Christ
- Diocese
- Canterbury
- Parish
- Cathedral and Metropolitical Church of Christ at Canterbury
- Grade
- I
- Style
- Romanesque and Gothic
- Materials
- Caen stone
- Grid reference
- TR 151 579
- Opening hours
- Monday to Saturday 10am to 5pm (last admission at 4pm). Sunday 12.30pm to 5pm (last admission at 4pm). Ticket prices can be found on the Cathedral website.
- Access
- Accessible toilets in church. Level access to the main areas
Overview
Historic England lists Christchurch Cathedral, The Cathedral Precincts, Grade I on 3 December 1949 (NHLE 1336823). The list description records an original church on the site built for Roman Christians, reconsecrated by St Augustine in 602. The present building is a mixture of styles from the eleventh century to the present; the exterior is mainly Caen stone. Most of the eastern stonework dates from 1175–84, built by William of Sens and William the Englishman, or from the late fourteenth- to mid-fifteenth-century rebuilding. The south-west tower was built in 1424–34; the north-west tower is a replica of 1832–41; the central Bell Harry tower of brick faced with stone was built in 1494–1503. The seven-bay nave with clerestory was built between 1378 and 1410. There is a ten-bay early Romanesque crypt and the Chapel of Our Lady of the Undercroft. Listing NGR: TR1511457922. The cathedral forms part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site “Canterbury Cathedral, St Augustine’s Abbey, and St Martin’s Church”.