Westminster Cathedral
Byzantine-style Catholic cathedral with striped brick exterior, unfinished mosaic domes, and Eric Gill sculptures.
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This guide to Westminster Cathedral traces its site's earlier life as a Victorian prison, then follows Cardinal Manning's plan and architect John Francis Bentley's Byzantine design, built deliberately to differ from Westminster Abbey. It follows Cardinal Vaughan's push to see construction finished and the money troubles that left the vast nave dark. Look for the fourteen limestone Stations of the Cross carved by Eric Gill along the walls as you walk the perimeter.
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