Bernard C. Worssam investigates the many types of building stone used in the construction of the Cathedral from the medieval times until Sir George Gilbert Scott’s restoration of the 1870s.
Read MoreJohn Blair reconstructs the limoges enamel tomb of Bishop Walter de Merton, founder of Merton College, Oxford, before its defacement by iconoclasts and reconstruction as its current form in the seventeenth century.
Read MoreAn index of maintenance, repair, alteration, restoration, decoration, furnishing and survey of the fabric by Diana Holbrooke (1994).
Read MorePhilip McAleer studies the west range of the cloisters, thought to have been the cellerers range where food and drink for the priory was stored in cool, sunken vaults.
Read MoreDavid A. H. Cleggett investigates the changes to the furnishngs of the quire over the 18th century.
Read MorePresented by Lord Northbourne in 1913 in memory of Dean Ernald Lane, the brother of Lady Northbourne, the Northbourne Funeral Pall is the finest pall in the Cathedral collections. It was recently used during the period of mourning for Queen Elizabeth II.
Read MoreDavid A. H. Cleggett reviews the period when the Cathedral priory buildings were appropriated and served as a residence of King Henry VIII.
Read MoreDr John Physick studies the medieval brasses in the floor of the North Quire Aisle and the ledger stones throughout the nave.
Read MoreBarry Ferguson reviews the repertoire of the musicians of Rochester Cathedral.
Read MoreDr. Jane Geddes explores some of the historic doors of Rochester Cathedral.
Read MorePaul Hale studies the history of organs at Rochester Cathedral leading to the exceptional organ over the pulpitum taking much of its current form in 1875.
Read MorePaul Hale lists the Cathedral organists from the sixteenth century. Featured in a publication by The Friends of Rochester Cathedral.
Read MorePaul Hale discusses the two small organs in the Nave since 1959. Featured in a publication by The Friends of Rochester Cathedral.
Read MoreRochester Cathedral – a place of Christian worship since AD604. Located in the heart of Rochester on the banks of the River Medway in Kent.
Rochester Cathedral
The Chapter Office
Garth House, The Precinct
Rochester
Kent, ME1 1SX
Telephone 01634 843366
Email info@rochestercathedral.org
Registered Charity Number 1206900
Cathedral opening hours 10am - 4pm Monday to Saturday 1pm - 3pm Sunday
