A guide to Belfast and the counties of Down & Antrim . Bridge Streetto Donegall Street, we come upon the magnificent Cathe-dral, now being built on the site of the old parish churchof Saint Anne. (See illustration on next page.) The illustration shows the design, by Sir Thomas Drew,, for the Cathedral. At present only the nave andaisles are being built. The design as a whole must await,for its realization, a time when larger funds are first section, the completion of which is expected inabout a year from the present time, will however provide History and Progirss. 23 a la
A guide to Belfast and the counties of Down & Antrim . Bridge Streetto Donegall Street, we come upon the magnificent Cathe-dral, now being built on the site of the old parish churchof Saint Anne. (See illustration on next page.) The illustration shows the design, by Sir Thomas Drew,, for the Cathedral. At present only the nave andaisles are being built. The design as a whole must await,for its realization, a time when larger funds are first section, the completion of which is expected inabout a year from the present time, will however provide History and Progirss. 23 a large church which can be used for all cathedral pur-poses, and which will hold a congregation of nearly 2,000people. Architecturally, the Cathedral will mark an interestingdeparture from custom. The traditional Gothic type hasbeen abandoned, as it was found that a vast outlay wouldhave been necessary in order to provide a Gothic cathedralof noble design, and at the same time large enough to meetthe needs of the overflowing population of a modern THE NEW CATHEDRAL OF BELFAST (wHEN COMPLETED).(Front a Dra7uittg by Sir Thomas Drew.) Belfast Cathedral is to be Basilican in its general primitive model has been found to be far moreeasily adapted to modern congregational purposes than themediaeval type, and to be far less costly in proportion tothe accommodation provided. Sir Thomas Drew writes : The new Cathedral will havea forty-foot nave. The disposition of its parts will bebroader and simpler, with fewer arches springing over wider 24 Guide to Belfast. spans, than in a typical Gothic church. . The planand proportion of the church are singularly simple andarithmetical. A nave of 40 feet, aisles of 20 feet width,six bays of the nave, each of 20 feet; the crossing,transepts, and chancel, each within their piers, squareof 40 feet; the internal height of the aisle walls 36 feet,and of the walls of the nave and its clerestory, 72 . The whole length internally when
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