Westminster Cathedral is one of the United Kingdom’s finest Roman Catholic churches and the principal Catholic church in England and Wales. It stands in the City of Westminster in London and is the church of the Roman Catholic archbishop of Westminster.
Construction of the cathedral began in 1895. The English architect John Francis Bentley designed it in the early Christian Byzantine style. The building was completed in 1903. It was consecrated in 1910 by Archbishop Francis Bourne. It is a massive building, 360 feet (110 meters) long and 156 feet (48 meters) wide.
Westminster Cathedral is built mainly of red sandstone. Its main features include the west front, with its pillars and arches, and the Great Campanile (bell tower), which is 272 feet (83 meters) high. Among the features of the interior are 14 Stations of the Cross carved on the main piers in low relief (1914-1918) by the British sculptor Eric Gill.
