Downtown in Victoria in Capital, British Columbia — Canada’s West Coast (North America)
St. Andrew's Roman Catholic Cathedral
La Cathédrale Catholique St. Andrew
Photographed By Andrew Lester, October 14, 2013
1. St. Andrew's Roman Catholic Cathedral Marker
Inscription.
St. Andrew's Roman Catholic Cathedral. La Cathédrale Catholique St. Andrew. Soaring skywards with its bold array of coloured brick, stone and slate, St. Andrew's Roman Catholic Cathedral displays the confident spirituality that characterizes the best religious architecture of the High Victorian Gothic style. Designed in 1892 by Perrault and Mesnard of Montréal, St. Andrew's was inspired by the medieval cathedrals of Europe, whose emphatic verticality and picturesque asymmetry greatly appealed to 19th-century Roman Catholic taste. The wall patterns, created by combining building materials of different colours, are a distinctive feature of the mature phase of the Gothic Revival style. , , Pointant vers le ciel son ensemble audacieux et coloré de briques, de pierres et d'ardoises, la cathédrale catholique St. Andrew témoigne de la spiritualité confiante propre à la meilleure architecture religieuse de style néo-gothique de l'apogée victorien. Conçue en 1892 par Perrault et Mesnard, de Montréal, elle s'inspire des cathédrales de l'Europe médiévale, dont la verticalité hardie et l'asymétrie pittoresque plaisaient tant aux catholiques du XIXe siècle. Les décorations murales, créées par des matériaux de couleurs différentes, sont également typiques de la période de maturité du néo-gothique.
Soaring skywards with its bold array of coloured brick, stone and slate, St. Andrew's Roman Catholic Cathedral displays the confident spirituality that characterizes the best religious architecture of the High Victorian Gothic style. Designed in 1892 by Perrault and Mesnard of Montréal, St. Andrew's was inspired by the medieval cathedrals of Europe, whose emphatic verticality and picturesque asymmetry greatly appealed to 19th-century Roman Catholic taste. The wall patterns, created by combining building materials of different colours, are a distinctive feature of the mature phase of the Gothic Revival style.
Pointant vers le ciel son ensemble audacieux et coloré de briques, de pierres et d'ardoises, la cathédrale catholique St. Andrew témoigne de la spiritualité confiante propre à la meilleure architecture religieuse de style néo-gothique de l'apogée victorien. Conçue en 1892 par Perrault et Mesnard, de Montréal, elle s'inspire des cathédrales de l'Europe médiévale, dont la verticalité hardie et l'asymétrie pittoresque plaisaient tant aux catholiques du XIXe siècle. Les décorations murales, créées par des matériaux de couleurs différentes, sont également typiques de la période de maturité du néo-gothique.
Erected by Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada.
Location. 48° 25.527′ N, 123° 21.749′ W. Marker is in Victoria, British Columbia, in Capital. It is in Downtown. Marker is on Blanshard Street, on the right when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 710 View Street, Victoria BC V8W 3J4, Canada. Touch for directions.
Credits. This page was last revised on February 16, 2023. It was originally submitted on December 22, 2013, by Andrew Lester of Victoria, BC, Canada. This page has been viewed 415 times since then and 7 times this year. Photos:1, 2. submitted on December 22, 2013, by Andrew Lester of Victoria, BC, Canada. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
