1878 – 19th Century restoration of Hereford Cathedral, Herefordshire
In 1841 restoration work of the medieval cathedral of Hereford was begun, carried out by Lewis Nockalls Cottingham and his son,
1878 – Church of St. Mary, Middlesbrough, Yorkshire
St. Mary’s Church was dedicated in August 1878 and early the following year became the Cathedral of the New See of Middlesbrough.
1878 – Proposed Cathedral at Truro, Cornwall
The see of Truro was established in 1876 and the first Bishop consecrated in 1877: this was the first cathedral to be built on a new site in England since Salisbury Cathedral in 1220.
1878 – Proposed Cathedral at Truro, Cornwall
The see of Truro was established in 1876 and the first Bishop consecrated in 1877: this was the first cathedral to be built on a new site in England since Salisbury Cathedral in 1220.
1878 – Proposed Cathedral at Truro, Cornwall
The see of Truro was established in 1876 and the first Bishop consecrated in 1877: this was the first cathedral to be built on a new site in England since Salisbury Cathedral in 1220.
1878 – Proposed Cathedral at Truro, Cornwall
Construction began in 1880 to a design by the architect John Loughborough Pearson, after an architectural competition.
1878 – St Mary’s Cathedral, Tuam, Co. Galway
This, the third Cathedral to be built in Tuam, was built on the site of the first cathedral and incorporated a Hiberno-Romanesque arch that remained onsite.
1878 – St Patrick’s Cathedral, New York
St. Patrick’s Cathedral is the largest decorated gothic Catholic Cathedral in North America. In 1850 Archbishop John Joseph Hughes announced his intention to erect a new cathedral to replace the Old St.
1879 – Carcassonne Cathedral, France
Carcassonne was struck from the roster of official fortifications under Napoleon and the Restoration, and the fortified cité of Carcassonne fell into such disrepair that the French government decided that it should be demolished.