COVENTRY’S NEW CATHEDRAL WILL BE CONSECRATED tomorrow at a service attended by the Queen. It was designed by Sir Basil Spence and built at a cost of £1,500,000. The caption accompanying these photographs from “The Times” reads in part: “Modern artists, working in stone, metal, wood, and fabrics, have brought fresh glory to the Midlands. To some, the new cathedral will be a shock. To some it will be a creation of glory. But to all it will bring a new feeling of the power of religion.” LEFT: The Bishop of Coventry, the Rt. Rev. C. K. N. Bardsley, who has seen the cathedral built from foundation stone to completion. RIGHT: Looking towards the chancel and sanctuary. The pulpit is on the left, and the lectern, with a traditional eagle modelled by Elizabeth Frink, on the right. Above the choir stalls is the Avenue of Thorns leading to the high altar, behind which hangs Graham Sutherland’s tapestry, “Christ in Glory.”

Press, Volume CI, Issue 29830, 24 May 1962, Page 6

COVENTRY’S NEW CATHEDRAL WILL BE CONSECRATED tomorrow at a service attended by the Queen. It was designed by Sir Basil Spence and built at a cost of £1,500,000. The caption accompanying these photographs from “The Times” reads in part: “Modern artists, working in stone, metal, wood, and fabrics, have brought fresh glory to the Midlands. To some, the new cathedral will be a shock. To some it will be a creation of glory. But to all it will bring a new feeling of the power of religion.” LEFT: The Bishop of Coventry, the Rt. Rev. C. K. N. Bardsley, who has seen the cathedral built from foundation stone to completion. RIGHT: Looking towards the chancel and sanctuary. The pulpit is on the left, and the lectern, with a traditional eagle modelled by Elizabeth Frink, on the right. Above the choir stalls is the Avenue of Thorns leading to the high altar, behind which hangs Graham Sutherland’s tapestry, “Christ in Glory.”