Memorial

Manchester Cathedral - Post-WW2 restoration (1)

The tablet

Source: Copyright David Long

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Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 99759
Description: Stone tablet in memory of the Architect who restored the Cathedral after the bombing of December 1940. It is inserted into the North wall of the Cathedral, to the West of the Regimental Chapel, at the East end of which is the memorial window by Margaret Traherne erected in the subject's memory.
Inscription: In Memoriam 1886 1963/ Sir Hubert Worthington RA/ Architect of this Cathedral for 25 years/ With great devotion he restored the building/ after severe damage by air raids in 1940/ The east window in the Chapel was given/ by his friends of the Manchester Regiment

Maintenance History: The window referred to in the inscription was damaged by the 1996 IRA bombing in the city centre and rebuilt.

Tablet

Made from: Stone

Condition: Good