Westminster Cathedral

Roman Catholic Metropolitan church in London, England. The site, part of what was once known as Tothill Fields, was acquired by Cardinal Manning. His successor, Cardinal Vaughan, supervised the building of the cathedral, from 1895 to 1903. The architect, John Francis Bentley, designed a remarkable building in Early Byzantine style.

The Stations of the Cross on the piers were carved by Eric Gill.

The cathedral is 111 m/364 ft long and 47.5 m/156 ft wide; the height of the campanile is 86.5 m/284 ft, and of the nave (the widest in England) 35.6 m/117 ft. There are 11 chapels, and in the chapel of St George and the English Martyrs (north aisle) are the remains of John Southworth, executed under Oliver Cromwell in 1654. The present cavernous brick interior is intended to be covered with mosaic; work was resumed in 1955 but is not yet completed.