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Llandaff Cathedral, Llandaff, Cardiff, Glamorgan

Diocese of Llandaff     (formerly: Llandaff)

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The church was founded in 1107, and a series of building programmes were undertaken in the twelfth, thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. The northwest tower was built by 1500. The site is pre-Norman, and Llandaff Cathedral is dedicated to St Peter and St Paul, but also the Welsh saints Dyfrig, Teilo and Euddogwy. The church was partially ruined for nearly two centuries after the Reformation, and before the nineteenth-century restoration work, a classical building by John Wood was placed on the site, although it was left unfinished in 1752.

The nineteenth-century restoration was undertaken initially by T.H. Wyatt, and then by Prichard and Seddon, the latter drawing on his connections in London artistic circles to bring the talents of D.G. Rossetti, William Morris and their circle to furnish the church in the 1860s. Llandaff Cathedral suffered war damage in 1941, and rebuilding was undertaken by the architect George Pace, who also oversaw the many new fittings and the introduction of Jacob Epstein's Majestas figure in the nave in 1957.

Cathedral website

view on the National Monuments Record (Coflein)

view on the Church Heritage Cymru website

	Scenes from the Bible and the Life of St Teilo artist: Alan Durst 1952 Llandaff Cathedral, Llandaff, Cardiff nave
	Flowers of the Virgin Mary artist: Frank Roper 1964 Llandaff Cathedral, Llandaff, Cardiff Lady Chapel
	Christ with Peter and Paul Llandaff Cathedral, Llandaff, Cardiff Lady Chapel
	David, St Stephen and Samuel with scenes from the Gospels. firm/studio: Morris, Marshall, Faulkner & Co. designer: William Morris designer: Edward Coley Burne-Jones 1869 Llandaff Cathedral, Llandaff, Cardiff south wall of the south aisle
	St Simon, St Peter, St Jude and Scenes from the New Testament firm/studio: Morris, Marshall, Faulkner & Co. designer: William Morris designer: Edward Coley Burne-Jones designer: Ford Madox Brown 1874 Llandaff Cathedral, Llandaff, Cardiff north wall of the north aisle
	Virgin and Child artist: A. G. Walker Llandaff Cathedral, Llandaff, Cardiff Lady Chapel reredos
	St Teilo, St Tudful and St Elfan designer: Robert J. Newbery firm/studio: Charles Powell patron: William Thomas Lewis 1910 Llandaff Cathedral, Llandaff, Cardiff north choir aisle
	King Arthur, King Tewdrig and King Cadwaladr firm/studio: Charles Powell 1919 Llandaff Cathedral, Llandaff, Cardiff north choir aisle
	Ruth, Dorcas and Anna artist: W. F. Dixon about 1883 Llandaff Cathedral, Llandaff, Cardiff north wall of the north aisle
	St Michael Overcoming the Dragon Llandaff Cathedral, Llandaff, Cardiff exterior of the Cathedral, south side

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Photo © Martin Crampin