Met Cathedral- Streetview (Digital Print)

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Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King
Location: Liverpool
Architect: Freddrick Gibberd
Built:1967#

Status: Grade II Listed 

Brief Overview:  

Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral, officially known as the Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King and locally nicknamed "Paddy's Wigwam," serves as the seat of the Archbishop of Liverpool and the mother church of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Liverpool in Liverpool, England. The Grade II* Metropolitan Cathedral is among Liverpool's many listed buildings.

Designed by architect Frederick Gibberd, who won a global design competition, construction of the cathedral commenced in 1962 and concluded in 1967. Previous cathedral designs were proposed in 1933 and 1953 but remained unfinished. The 1959 design competition specified seating for a congregation initially set at 3,000 (later reduced to 2,000) with clear views to the altar to enhance participation in Mass. Another requirement was the incorporation of the existing Lutyens crypt into the structure. Gibberd's solution was a circular building with the altar at its center, utilizing the crypt's roof as an elevated platform, positioning the cathedral at one end. Taylor Woodrow secured the construction contract.

The cathedral is constructed of concrete with Portland stone cladding and an aluminum roof covering. Its circular plan has a diameter of 195 feet (59 m) and includes 13 chapels around its perimeter. The conical shape of the cathedral is crowned by a tower in the form of a truncated cone. Sixteen boomerang-shaped concrete trusses, held together by two ring beams—one at the bends and one at the tops of the trusses—support the structure. Flying buttresses attach to the trusses, contributing to the cathedral's tent-like appearance. Rising from the upper ring beam is a lantern tower adorned with stained glass windows, culminating in a crown of pinnacles.