Llandaff Cathedral, Llandaff, Cardiff, Glamorgan
Diocese of Llandaff (formerly: Llandaff)
N.B.Position of marker is approximate and does not necessarily show the exact location of the site.
Site OS Grid Ref: ST15567813
Cathedral (Anglican)
The church was founded in 1107, and a series of building programmes were undertaken in the twelfth, thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. The northwest tower was built by 1500. The site is pre-Norman, and Llandaff Cathedral is dedicated to St Peter and St Paul, but also the Welsh saints Dyfrig, Teilo and Euddogwy. The church was partially ruined for nearly two centuries after the Reformation, and before the nineteenth-century restoration work, a classical building by John Wood was placed on the site, although it was left unfinished in 1752.
The nineteenth-century restoration was undertaken initially by T.H. Wyatt, and then by Prichard and Seddon, the latter drawing on his connections in London artistic circles to bring the talents of D.G. Rossetti, William Morris and their circle to furnish the church in the 1860s. Llandaff Cathedral suffered war damage in 1941, and rebuilding was undertaken by the architect George Pace, who also oversaw the many new fittings and the introduction of Jacob Epstein's Majestas figure in the nave in 1957.
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People associated with this site
as architect: John Pollard Seddon
as architect: John Prichard
as architect: George Pace
as architect: Thomas Henry Wyatt
Artworks at this site:
| Majestas artist: Jacob Epstein 1957 Llandaff Cathedral, Llandaff, Cardiffnave | |
| Scenes from the Bible and the Life of St Teilo artist: Alan Durst 1952 Llandaff Cathedral, Llandaff, Cardiffnave | |
| Moses Giving the Ten Commandments and the Judgement of Solomon designer: John Prichard artist: Henry Hugh Armstead about 1866 Llandaff Cathedral, Llandaff, Cardiffnorth wall of the nave | |
| The Six Days of Creation designer: Edward Coley Burne-Jones firm/studio: Della Robbia Pottery about 1893-1906 Llandaff Cathedral, Llandaff, Cardiffnorth aisle chapel | |
| Flowers of the Virgin Mary artist: Frank Roper 1964 Llandaff Cathedral, Llandaff, CardiffLady Chapel | |
| Christ with Peter and Paul Llandaff Cathedral, Llandaff, Cardiff Lady Chapel | |
| Agnus Dei firm/studio: Morris, Marshall, Faulkner & Co. about 1865 Llandaff Cathedral, Llandaff, Cardiff | |
| The Supper at Emmaus designer: John Piper artist: Patrick Reyntiens 1959 Llandaff Cathedral, Llandaff, Cardiffabove the high altar | |
| The Annunciation and Visitation from Scenes from the Gospels artist: Geoffrey Webb 1928 and 1952 Llandaff Cathedral, Llandaff, CardiffLady Chapel | |
| Tree of Jesse artist: Geoffrey Webb 1951 Llandaff Cathedral, Llandaff, Cardiffeast wall of the Lady Chapel |
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