St Mary's Cathedral

This guide to St Mary's Cathedral in Sydney starts with the 1865 fire that destroyed the original building, and the young architect William Wardell, who designed a Gothic revival cathedral with twin spires modeled on England's Lichfield Cathedral. It follows construction that dragged on for decades, with the nave finally completed in 1928 and the spires left as bare stone for most of the twentieth century. Look down at the crypt's terrazzo floor, swirled into a Celtic cross telling the story of Creation.