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Tag : Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral

17 Jun 2025
Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King, Mount Pleasant, Liverpool, Merseyside. General view of nave with high altar and baldacchino. View from south. Cathedral by Frederick Gibberd, 1962-67.

Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral upgraded to Grade I listed status

The Department for Culture, Media and Sport has awarded The Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King in Liverpool Grade I listed status, following advice from Historic England. The cathedral, previously Grade II* listed, is now nationally recognised as a building of the highest architectural and historical interest.Built between 1962 and 1967, the cathedral represents the greatest Roman Catholic post-war architectural commission in Britain. It was built over an earlier Sir Edwin Lutyens-designed crypt, intended to be part of a grand classical-style […]