For the Cathedral interior see http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1198
]]>The Mary Ann Simpson (1857-1915) memorial stained glass window is in St David’s Anglican Cathedral, Hobart. The lancet window features St Michael as a knight wearing armour of the late medieval period and wearing a sword. He is killing a red dragon which lies at his feet with a spear. St Michael and the dragon are coming out of a representation of what appears to be a niche of delicate stonework in Gothic style with pointed arches.
For the Cathedral interior see http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1198
For the artefacts inside the cloisters see http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1160
For the Cathedral interior see http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1198
]]>This stained glass window is one of many in the Cloisters of St David’s Anglican Cathedral, Hobart. It is a memorial to Charles Henry Bromby (1814-1907), Bishop of Tasmania from 1864-1882. The tracery window features lancet windows of Sts Alban and Columba. St Alban was martyred in 3rd century Britain during Roman rule, and is suitably dressed in the window as a Roman soldier. However he carries a kite shield used in medieval Europe primarily in the 10th to 12th centuries. St Columba (521-597), also known as Colm Cille, was an early medieval Irish missionary monk who preached to the Picts in what is now Scotland. He established the monastery at Iona in the Inner Hebrides of western Scotland. St David’s Anglican Cathedral was designed by English architect George Frederick Bodley (1827-1907), Bishop Bromby’s brother-in-law, in 1865 in the Gothic Revival style, with further revisions in 1891. As the foundation stone for the Cloisters and Tower were not laid until 1892 they are likely to have been part of those revisions. They were completed and consecrated in 1936, long after the nave had been consecrated in 1874.
For the artefacts inside the cloisters see http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1160
For the Cathedral interior see http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1198
For the artefacts inside the cloisters see http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1160
For the cathedral tower see http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1145
For the interior see http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1198
]]>St David’s Anglican Cathedral, Hobart, was designed by English architect George Frederick Bodley (1827-1907)
in 1865 in the Gothic Revival style, with further revisions in 1891. As the foundation stone for the Cloisters and Tower were not laid until 1892 they are likely to have been part of those revisions.However, Hobart architect Alan Cameron Walker (1864-1931) was also involved in their design. They were completed and consecrated in 1936. The Cloisters building links the cathedral to the tower and are topped by a crenelated parapet. The also feature buttresses, and lancet windows with blind arcading, tracery and stained glass.
For the artefacts inside the cloisters see http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1160
For the cathedral tower see http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1145
For the interior see http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1198
For the exterior of the cloisters see http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1163
For the interior see http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1198
]]>St David’s Cathedral, Hobart, was designed by English architect George Frederick Bodley (1827-1907) in 1865 in the Gothic Revival style, with further revisions in 1891. As the foundation stone for the Cloisters and Tower were not laid until 1892 they are likely to have been part of those revisions. They were completed and consecrated in 1936. The Cloisters building acts as a museum and features a number of original medieval artefacts on its walls. The photographs below are of four of the items: a sculpture of a head from the wall of the twelfth-century St Patrick’s Cathedral in Dublin, a pillar from a spire on the fourteenth-century Salisbury Cathedral in England, a fifteenth-century Tudor Rose stone from the eleventh-century Westminster Hall in London, and a stone from the sixth-century St David’s Cathedral in Wales. The artefacts in the Cloisters provide a good opportunity for the public to interact with medieval material culture.
For the exterior of the cloisters see http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1163
For the interior see http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1198
George Bodley was a well-known architect working in the Gothic Revival style, and in particular he was influenced by late medieval architecture from England and northern Europe. His best known work is perhaps Magdalen College, Oxford.
For the cathedral tower see http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1145
For the interior see http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1198
]]>The main entrance to St David’s Cathedral is on Murray Street, Hobart. The cathedral was designed by English architect George Frederick Bodley (1827-1907) in 1865 in the Gothic Revival style. The foundation stone was laid in 1868 by Prince Alfred, the Duke of Edinburgh, and the nave was consecrated in 1874. The work was supervised by Henry Hunter (1832-1892). The pointed-arch doorway is entered through an arcade consisting of three pointed-arch entrances. The large west window above the entrance includes tracery, five lancet windows, and leadlight made in Melbourne by Brooke Robinson and installed in 1965. The entrance is flanked by two additional pointed-arch windows featuring three lancet windows each, as well as buttressed turrets.
George Bodley was a well-known architect working in the Gothic Revival style, and in particular he was influenced by late medieval architecture from England and northern Europe. His best known work is perhaps Magdalen College, Oxford.
For the cathedral tower see http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1145
For the interior see http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1198
For the cathedral tower see http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1145
For the interior see http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1198
]]>
The baptismal font in St David’s Cathedral, Hobart, was made by local craftsmen to the design of English architect George Frederick Bodley (1827-1907). The cathedral was designed in 1865 by Bodley. Like the cathedral, the baptismal font is in the Gothic Revival style, particularly the blind arcading design of the font’s base featuring tracery and pointed arches.
For the cathedral tower see http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1145
For the interior see http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1198
George Bodley was a well known architect working in the Gothic Revival style, and in particular he was influenced by late medieval architecture from England and northern Europe. His best known work is perhaps Magdalen College, Oxford.
For the Bodley font see http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1149
For the interior see http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1198
]]>The square bell tower of St David’s Cathedral, Hobart, was completed in 1936 after the foundation stone had been laid in 1892. The cathedral was designed in 1865 by English architect George Frederick Bodley (1827-1907), and the tower may have been part of his revisions in 1891. However, Hobart architect Alan Cameron Walker (1864-1931) was also involved in the design. The stone tower is in the Gothic Revival style and includes a crenelated parapet, lancet windows, a corner turret topped by a spire, buttresses, a pointed arch doorway, window tracery, and gargoyles.
George Bodley was a well known architect working in the Gothic Revival style, and in particular he was influenced by late medieval architecture from England and northern Europe. His best known work is perhaps Magdalen College, Oxford.
For the Bodley font see http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1149
For the interior see http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1198