The cathedral that never was

• Introduction
• History of the model
• The architect, Sir Edwin Lutyens
• Lutyens' design
• Building the cathedral
• Conserving the model
• Image gallery

27 January - 22 April 2007

The cathedral that never was: Lutyens' design for Liverpool

Model maker John Thorp (the younger) sitting on the
Lutyens cathedralmodel

Read more about the architect Sir Edwin Lutyens, his ambitious designs for a cathedral that would have been larger than St Peters in Rome, and how those plans were eventually abandoned in the links below:

• The architect, Sir Edwin Lutyens
• Lutyens' design
• Building the cathedral