Editing Llandaff Cathedral (section)

==Architecture==
[[File:West front of Llandaff Cathedral (HDR) (8100689107).jpg|thumbnail|300px|right|The west front of Llandaff Cathedral]]
The original pre-Norman church was recorded in the 12th-century [[Book of Llandaff]] to have been no more than {{convert|28|ft}} long, {{convert|15|ft}} wide and {{convert|20|ft}} high. It contained low, narrow aisles with an apsidal ''[[porticus]]'' measuring {{convert|12|ft}} long.{{sfn|Newman|Hughes|Ward|1995|p=239}} Construction began of a grander building under the orders of the second Norman bishop of Llandaff, Urban, in the 1120s, to administer power over the newly formed diocese. It doesn't appear to have lasted long as an extensive construction was ordered between 1193 and 1218 during the episcopate of Henry of Abergavenny. The western parts replaced those that Urban had built, and the nave and front of this side remain today. The fine craftsmanship and subtlety of the architecture show a clear similarity to those of [[Glastonbury Abbey]] and [[Wells Cathedral]], so it is probable that several of the leading craftsman of [[Somerset]] were hired for the building.{{sfn|Newman|Hughes|Ward|1995|p=239}}

Though some remodelling work was done in the 13th and 14th centuries, with a northwest tower funded by Jasper Tudor, lord of Glamorgan from 1484 to 1495,{{sfn|Newman|Hughes|Ward|1995|p=248}} by the late 16th century the church had fallen into a state of disrepair. In 1594 the bishop complained that the cathedral was "more like a desolate and profane place than like a house of prayer and holy exercises". The church continued to exist in a poor state, so that by 1692 choral services had to be suspended in fear that the roof would collapse. The battlements of the northwestern tower blew away during a storm in 1703, and the southwest tower fell down in 1722.{{sfn|Newman|Hughes|Ward|1995|p=240}} In 1734, John Wood of Bath was hired to restore the cathedral, but his work on the temple was still not complete by 1752 and remained that way.  It was not until 1840, in the wake of industrial development in Cardiff, that the cathedral could raise the funds to commence a full restoration.{{sfn|Newman|Hughes|Ward|1995|p=240}}{{sfn|Hackett|1823|p=36}}
[[File:Llandaff Cathedral (7961856636).jpg|thumb|left|The door of the west front of Llandaff Cathedral; a statue of St Teilo is seen above the door.]]
[[T. H. Wyatt]] was hired to restore the Lady Chapel in 1841, but due to other commitments later left much of the work to [[John Prichard]], who worked the most extensively on the church in the 1840s and 1850s. Prichard had restored the sanctuary by 1850, and by 1852 he had begun to work on the nave, largely demolishing the temple Wood had built.{{sfn|Newman|Hughes|Ward|1995|p=241}}  Together with London-based [[John Pollard Seddon]], who was able to hire pre-Raphaelite artists [[Dante Gabriel Rossetti]] and [[Thomas Woolner]], extensive developments were made. Morris & Co. provided the stained glass in the 1860s. Prichard was responsible for a dramatic redevelopment of the southwest tower in 1867–1869, aided by a number of talented artists and craftsmen.{{sfn|Newman|Hughes|Ward|1995|p=241}}

In 1941, a [[parachute mine]] exploded near the south aisle of the cathedral, resulting in the roof of the nave collapsing and the shattering of the windows. [[Charles Nicholson]] was hired to rebuild the roof, and made the decision to remove the altarpiece that Rossetti had added to the north aisle. In 1949, Nicholson was replaced with George Pace of York, who in coordination with the dean at the time, [[Glyn Simon]], saw a number of improvements in the modern style, though many fittings were clearly still influenced by the Gothic.{{sfn|Newman|Hughes|Ward|1995|p=241}}
[[File:Chapter House, Llandaff Cathedral.JPG|thumb|upright|Chapter House]]
The material of the church which remains from the medieval period is primarily Somerset Dundry stone, though Sutton stone and local blue [[Lias Group|lias]] also make up the stonework, with the latter constituting most of the stonework dating from the post-Reformation period. The work done on the church since World War II is primarily of concrete and Pennant sandstone. The roofs, added in the post-war period, are made of Welsh slate and lead. The West front of the cathedral is gabled along its length and contains the grand central doorway, higher in level than the floor of the nave. It is described as being "double lobed" with an "arched head with continuous chamfer outline, colonnettes and dripmould".<ref name="BLB">{{cite web|url=http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/wa-13710-cathedral-church-of-st-peter-and-st-paul-|title=Cathedral Church of St Peter and St Paul, Llandaff|publisher=British Listed Buildings|access-date=18 May 2016}}</ref>

The south side of the nave is characterised by eight bays with stepped buttresses between them, with aisle windows featuring reticulated heads.<ref name="BLB"/> At the side of the south aisle of the sanctuary is the Chapter House, a small, two-storey square building. It dates to the mid 13th century{{sfn|Newman|Hughes|Ward|1995|p=254}} and is made from Chipping Campden and Bath limestone, with some local red sandstone from [[Radyr]].<ref name="BLB"/> The octagonal roof was the brainchild of Prichard, though it was lowered in pitch by Pace and later worked on by [[Donald Buttress]]. The buttresses of the building are made from [[ashlar]]. The seven stained-glass roundels are of 16th-century Flemish origin. In the interior is a pulpit featuring [[Moses]].{{sfn|Newman|Hughes|Ward|1995|p=254}} Also of note is the St David's Chapel, added by George Pace in 1953–1956, which is accessed through the Norman north door of the cathedral.<ref name="BLB"/>