Guildford Cathedral, Surrey West End 1960s impression

Postcard

 

• Picture / Image:  Guildford Cathedral - the West End 'as it will be'
• Publisher:  Friths series
• Postally used:  yes
• Stamp:  3d. purple Wilding definitive
• Postmark(s):  Walthamstow 14 April 1967 wavy line
• Sent to:  Park View Crescent, New Southgate, London N11
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Text from the free encyclopedia WIKIPEDIA may appear below to give a little background information:

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The Cathedral Church of the Holy Spirit, Guildford is the Anglican cathedral at Guildford, Surrey, England. It is claimed to be the only Anglican cathedral "to be built on a new site in the southern Province of England since the Reformation"^[1].

Guildford was made a diocese in its own right in 1927, and work on its new cathedral, designed by Sir Edward Maufe, began nine years later, with the foundation stone being laid by Dr Cosmo Gordon Lang, Archbishop of Canterbury in 1936^[2]. Its building was interrupted by the Second World War between 1939 and 1952, and the cathedral was not consecrated until 17 May 1961. In the intervening period Holy Trinity Church served as pro-cathedral.^[2]

It stands in a commanding spot on Stag Hill - so named because the Kings of England used to hunt here - and its solid red brick outline is visible for miles around; it immediately overlooks the University of Surrey beneath it. Its bricks are made from clay taken from the hill on which it stands.

The tower is 160 feet (49 m) high,^[2] and contains twelve bells, ten of which were cast by Mears and Stainbank in 1965. The bells were augmented to 12 with two Whitechapel trebles in 1975. The largest bell weighs 30cwt and is tuned to the key of D. At the top of the tower stands a 15-foot (4.6 m) gilded angel, which turns in the wind. Inside, the cathedral appears to be filled with light, with pale Somerset limestone pillars and white Italian marble floors.