Additions to Westminster Cathedral

New Zealand Tablet, Volume L, Issue 9, 1 March 1923, Page 21

Additions to Westminster Cathedral

With the new organ now in position and the walls of the choir apse of Westminster Cathedral covered with precious marbles, work is being started on the stalls in the choir and the completion of the central doors at the back of the apse. Work on these improvements to the metropolitan Cathedral has been held up, not for lack of funds, but for a reason not usually associated with cathedrals in England —that is, that the high altar is in such frequent use that it is difficult to get an uninterrupted period for prolonged work of a structural nature. But now that the great festivals of the Christmas season are over the workmen are being put on, and with the choir organ divided there will be exposed to view the central doors of the apse, which rise high in the tribune back of the high altar. ‘ W

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