Portsmouth Cathedral
PortsmouthA Norman-founded church with a 17th-century classical nave and a Byzantine-style extension, now the city's Anglican cathedral.
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High Street, Portsmouth, PO1 2HH
Quick facts
The church was founded around 1180 on land given by the Norman merchant Jean de Gisors, dedicated to Thomas Becket and completed in 1188.
Its tower and nave were damaged by Parliamentary gunfire in the 1642 siege and rebuilt in classical style between 1683 and 1693.
It became a cathedral in 1927, and a Neo-Byzantine extension, begun before the Second World War, was finally consecrated in November 1991.
Address
High Street, Portsmouth, PO1 2HH
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