The Victorian, Gothic Revival west front of St Albans Cathedral, Hertfordshire, added in 1879 by Lord Grimthorpe.
In 793 Offa of Mercia founded a Benedictine monastery here in honour of Britain's first Christian martyr, the Roman soldier Alban. The Normans built a new abbey on the site 1077-1093. Dissolved in 1539, the former Benedictine abbey church became a cathedral in 1877, and the present west front was added by Lord Grimthorpe in 1879.
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Location: St Albans Cathedral, Sumpter Yard, St Albans, Hertfordshire, England, UK
Photo credit: © Mick Sharp / Alamy / Afripics
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