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Sculptures at Bristol's Cathedral |
artist unknown
1878 and 1888 |
Bristol Cathedral, formally the Cathedral Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity, was founded in 1140 and consecrated in 1148. In the 19th century Gothic Revival a new nave was built by George Edmund Street partially using the original plans. The western twin towers, designed by John Loughborough Pearson, were completed in 1888.
The Cathedral has four statues of the Evangelists and a relief of the Adoration of the Magi at the north porch, and six - very weathered - statues in the two western towers.
In the four niches of the north porch were placed in 1876 statues of the 'four great doctors of the Western, that is the Latin, Church': St. Gregory, St. Jerome, St. Augustine and St. Ambrose. These statues, sculpted by James Redfern, were removed by the Dean on protestant grounds early in 1876, which caused a lot of protests, and probably Redfern's death. These four statues are placed 'out of sight on a tower in Yorkshire, presented to it by Sir Tatton Sykes.' In 1878 four new statues of the Four Evangelists were placed in the niches of the north porch.
 Adoration of the Magi |
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 St. Luke or Mark |
 s. matthew St. Matthew |
 s. john St. John the Evangelist |
 St. Luke or Mark |
The two western towers were built in 1888. In the top of each of them are on the corners three statues, the fourth corner with the stairs have no statue.
North tower (College green)
 NW: Angel (very weathered) |
 SW: female saint. |
 SE: female saint. |
 NW: Angel (very weathered) |
 NE: Angel (very weathered) |
 SW: female saint. |
At the foot of the NE angel of the southern tower is gargoyle of a man with glasses, holding a pipe and a notebook
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