Assignment on St Paul's Cathedral done in Oct 2019 by students of BMS School of Architecture

1. St Paul’S
Cathedral
London

2.  Its an Anglican Cathedral.
 Located at Ludgate Hill, London.
 It’s the seat of the Bishop of
London..
 It’s a substantial crypt holding over
200 memorials.
 Sir Christopher Wren, The
Cathedral’s final architect was the
first person to be interred.
 Other famous personalities are , Sir
Edwin Lutyens, The duke of
Wellington, Sir Winston Churchill,
Sir Alexander Fleming, etc.
 The Royal Family has held some of
the marriages, Funerals and other
ceremonies.
Sketch of the old church

3. Wedding of the King
Charles And Queen Diana
Coffer of Baroness
Thatcher is carried in

4. History
 The first Saxon Cathedral was built of wood, probably by Mellitus
in 604AD. It was burned down in 675.
 The cathedral was rebuilt in Stone in 685. It was sacked by
Vikings in 961 Ad.

5. The Crypts
View of Old
St Peter

6. Sketch of The Old Church
Gothic features like
ribbed vault and rose
windows can be seen

7.  The Third Cathedral
was begun in 962 in
stone. It was burnt
with the whole city
due to fateful fire in
1087
 The fourth St Paul’s
known as Old St
Paul's was begun by
the Normans after
1087 fire. It was built
for over 200 years.
Again was lost to fire
in 1136.

8.  The ‘New work’ was finished in 1314.
 The spire was destroyed by lightning in 1561, which was not replaced
for a long while.
 It was completely destroyed by the great fire of London in 1666. The
fire was so hot, it melted the cathedral bells.
 The St Paul’s Cathedral , standing today is designed by Sir
Christopher Wren.

9. Architecture
Style ; Late Renaissance or Baroque.
Material ; Portland stone.
Plan ; Latin Cross.
Features of baroque architecture :
• Was in form of color, light and shade.
• It is said to be over ornamented, theatrical .
• Light was through lots of windows.
• Puttos made of wood was often used for
ornamentation.
• They used large scale ceiling frescos.
• Sculptures were also intricately ornamented.
• Their paintings were realistic.

10. The Exterior
 The west façade is 180 ft. long , with the main entrance
and columned portico surmounted by an upper
colonnade a.
 There is a statue of Saint Paul above the pediment and
two flanking statues of Saint Peter and Saint James.

11. Facades

12. West Facade

13. The Interior
 The interior is painted with warm
colors and effect of gold is seen,
 The church is bathed with glass
windows.
Sculptures
The View
from the
Choir

14. The view from the
Whispering
gallery
View of nave and the
central dome

15. Structural Plan Of St Paul’S cathedral
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16. GraPhical Plan Of St Paul’S cathedral

17. Section through the Dome

18. Dome
 The Dome is 111M high
and weighs 66,000 tons.
 Its made of two domes.
 The inner dome is
decorated with pictures of
Saint Paul.
 Eight arches support the
dome. But the load is
carried through the
buttresses.
 There is a large lantern on
top of the dome.
 560 steps leads to the
dome.

20.  Whispering gallery is on the
inner dome and is famous
for its acoustics.
 The Stone gallery is son the
outer dome.
 The Golden gallery is a
narrow one, which encircles
the base of the lantern.
The Galleries

22.  There are two bells in two towers.
 The bells in the tower are rung on
Sunday and special occasions.
 Great Paul is the biggest bell in
England. It rings everyday at 1PM
indicating lunch break.
 Great Tom, The other bell, rings
only when a king or queen dies (a
peal of 12 bells).
The Towers

24. The Collection
 The Cathedral has a library which houses more than 21,000
books and original manuscripts dating back to 1600’s.
 They also have an architectural archive, which includes
archeological stones, paintings, and models.
 Also has the original drawings of St Paul by Wren

26. Thank You
Source : Google Images, Wikipedia, Official Website of
St Paul’s Cathedral , Old Notes.
By
Yamini K
Sakshi A Sindgi
Shobitha C
Rachana V
BMSSA