Perspective view of a design for Guildford Cathedral, Surrey

Item author: Sir Edward Maufe (1883-1974)

Item date: After 1936

Grant Value: 750

Item cost: 750

Item cost pre-decimal: NULL

Item date acquired: 2004

Item institution: RIBA Architectural Library

Town/City: London

In 1927, the new diocese of Guildford was carved out of the huge diocese of Winchester. The competition for the design of the new cathedral was won by Sir Edward Maufe. Work began in 1936 and was finally completed in the mid 1960s.