From the archives: The construction of Westminster Cathedral, 1895 - 1902

By Tom Lowe2023-08-04T06:00:00

The Builder reports on the progress of the UK’s largest Catholic church and the tragic death of its architect

”Since the Houses of Parliament there has been no such remarkable building erected in London as the new Westminster Cathedral,” said The Builder in 1902. The usually hard-to-please magazine was awestruck by the building, the last work by architect John Francis Bentley. It is still the largest Catholic church in the UK, but is also surprisingly obscure. Though grade I-listed, it is relatively unknown even to Londoners, maybe because its name makes it easily confused with the more famous Westminster Abbey.

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