Truro Cathedral
Truro, Cornwall
Truro Cathedral is Cornwall's cathedral - a beautiful building built in the Gothic style it stands at the heart of the picturesque city of Truro.
Cornwall is known as the ‘Land of the Saints’ and is steeped in Celtic Christian tradition. Christianity has flourished since early times and evidence of the ancient tradition can be found in the many parish churches which make up the Diocese of Truro which was founded in 1877.
The church was consecrated by Bishop Phillpotts on the Feast of St Simon and St Jude in 1855.
As is noted in ‘Harrods Royal County Directory of Cornwall’ in 1878 ‘it consists of a nave, with south porch and transepts, a chancel with fine stained glass windows, and tower of 3 stages, with crooked pinnacles … the roof is decorated with gold stars on a blue ground. Rising from the chancel by 3 steps, and separated from it by a magnificent arch is the apsidal sanctuary’.