Canterbury Cathedral, founded in 597, is England's oldest Cathedral, home to the symbolic leader of the Anglican Communion and the Church of England, the Archbishop of Canterbury.
What is the oldest building still standing in the UK?
Knap of Howar, Orkney
The UK's oldest surviving building is this Neolithic farmstead on the island of Papa Westray in Orkney. The walls stood to a cosy height of 1.6 metres (5 ft 3 in), and the stone furniture is still intact.
Founded by St Augustine in 597 AD, Canterbury Cathedral is a unique place of worship, a major pilgrimage destination, a masterpiece of art and architecture, and one of the UK's most-visited historic sites.
The honour of 'first English cathedral' is usually awarded to Canterbury Cathedral, begun in 597 AD by St Augustine. However, the first cathedral in England may actually have been built around 370 AD by the Romano-British Emperor Magnus Maximus, on Tower Hill, later site of the Tower of London.
St. Martin's, dating from 597, is thought to be Britain's oldest abbey. Standing on a hill a mile from Canterbury, it is one of three abbies in the Canterbury World Heritage Site, 60 miles southeast of London, which also includes the ruins of St. Augustine's and Canterbury Cathedrals.
England’s oldest church welcomes record visitor numbers
What is the oldest surviving house in the UK?
The Saltford Manor is a stone house in Saltford, Somerset, near Bath, that is thought to be the oldest continuously occupied private house in England, and has been designated as a Grade II* listed building. Reference no.
Liverpool has two cathedrals because Liverpool is the centre of the Liverpool Anglican diocese (Church of England) and so it has an Anglican Cathedral, and it is also the centre of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Liverpool.
The cathedral is located in Coventry, West Midlands, England. The current bishop is Christopher Cocksworth and the current dean is John Witcombe. The city has had three cathedrals.
The cathedral city of Wells, England's smallest city is a historical gem! With a population at the last count of just over 10,000, Wells is the smallest city in England.
It took around 400 years to built the Como Cathedral, "il Duomo di Como". The construction started in 1396, on the site of an another church, both churches are dedicated to Santa Maria Assunta, and it finished in the first half of the 18th century when architect Filippo Juvarra built the cupola.
The earliest large-scale applications of Gothic architecture in England were Canterbury Cathedral and Westminster Abbey. Many features of Gothic architecture had evolved naturally from Romanesque architecture (often known in England as Norman architecture).
Saltford Manor House, a Grade II listed building of Norman origin, is thought to be the oldest continuously occupied private house in England. The house was built on the estate then owned by the Earls of Gloucester and previously owned by Geoffrey de Montbray, the Bishop of Coutances (Normandy).
Liverpool Cathedral is the largest cathedral and religious building in Britain, and the eighth largest church in the world. The cathedral is based on a design by Giles Gilbert Scott and was constructed between 1904 and 1978.
Colchester is Britain's first Roman city, with a 2000 year heritage. Pliny the Elder immortalised Camulodunum, Roman Colchester, as Britain's first recorded settlement and later Britain's first city and capital.
Founded almost 900 years ago, Furness Abbey was once the largest and wealthiest monastery in north-west England. A place of prayer, piety and pilgrimage, the abbey was also a major landowner, its abbot occupying an important place in the administration of the region.
According to the Catholic Encyclopedia the Cenacle (the site of the Last Supper) in Jerusalem was the "first Christian church." The Dura-Europos church in Syria is the oldest surviving church building in the world, while the archaeological remains of both the Aqaba Church and the Megiddo church have been considered to ...
This imposing Gothic masterpiece was completed in 1880; the construction itself began around 1248. In between lie more than 600 years of exciting construction history with many challenges, setbacks and a long break. Thus, the question “When was Cologne Cathedral built?” or “How old is it?” is not so easy to answer.
Basilica de la Sagrada Familia, famously known as the Sagrada Familia is the largest unfinished Roman Catholic church in the world. This iconic building in Barcelona is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and one of the most popular tourist attractions in Spain.
