Cathedral St Davids Pembrokeshire Wales 1894
St David's Cathedral is situated in St David's in the county of Pembrokeshire, on the most westerly point of Wales. The Welsh architect John Nash was commissioned to restore the West Front in 1793 to repair the damage done two hundred years previously. Eclectic in style (with Gothic and Perpendicular characteristics - the latter attributed partly from his destruction of the windows of the chapel of St Mary's college in order to reuse that tracery for his west front) his work soon proved to be substandard (as had his previous work on the Chapter House). Within a century the Nash West Front had become unstable, and the whole building was restored by George Gilbert Scott between 1862-70. The Lady Chapel was restored by public subscription in 1901, and the eastern chapels were restored through a legacy of the Countess of Maidstone between 1901-10. The Cathedral suffered the pains of Disestablishment in 1923, as did the whole Church in Wales. The Diocese being made smaller, by the removal of the Archdeaconry of Brecon to form the new Diocese of Swansea and Brecon. However, this left a large area as a Diocese to govern, and St David's began to deteriorate as the centre of the diocese, being nowhere near the centre – the Bishop’s residence had been at Carmarthen since the 1500’s, but administration and the focus moved from the Cathedral to the Diocese’s now largest town. The 1950s saw the appointment of the Reverend Carl Witton-Davies as Dean; appointed in his 30s, his driving vision and energy was short-lived, as he was offered what some was believed as a preferment as Archdeacon of Oxford, but did not leave that position for the rest of his service in the Church. The Cathedral began to have life again, and the famous Welsh Youth Pilgrimages to St Davids led many to a life of service in the Church. The 1960s saw the restoration of St Mary’s College as the Cathedral Hall, for the use of the Cathedral Parish, and for use as an area for art exhibitions and poetry re
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