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St Davids Cathedral - St Davids, Pembrokeshire, Wales The mother church of the Diocese of St Davids stands on the site of a 6th-century monastic community founded by Saint David, the patron saint of Wales. The present cathedral was begun in 1181 under Norman Bishop Peter de Leia and substantially completed by the mid-13th century. Built of local purple-grey sandstone, it combines late Norman/Romanesque arcades in the nave with later Gothic work; the ornate 14th-century stone screen by Bishop Henry Gower spans the nave. The floor slopes nearly four metres from east to west, and the structure continues to shift slightly on its soft ground. The unique oak nave ceiling with its carved hanging pendants dates from the 16th century. It remains an active cathedral of the Church in Wales and a major medieval pilgrimage site.

St. Paul’s Church - Edenton, North Carolina Established in 1701 under the Vestry Act as the first parish in the North Carolina colony. The present five-bay Georgian brick building was begun in 1736, when Edenton was still the colonial capital. Walls are laid in Flemish bond with a slightly engaged square western tower. It is the second-oldest church building still standing in North Carolina and the only colonial Anglican church in the state that has remained in continuous parish use. After post-Revolutionary neglect, English architect William Nichols led a major renovation in 1806–07 that added the spire and Federal-style interior woodwork (galleries, pulpit, etc.). The churchyard contains the graves of colonial governors Charles Eden, Thomas Pollock, and Gabriel Johnston.

To any current or future architects, do not corrupt beautiful, classical architecture with a modern monstrosity in the middle of a nave. If they really wanted to replace the pulpitum they would have done it similarly to how it was originally. They wouldn't have made a near blasphemous image of Christ and thrown him on a giant concrete wishbone

Llandaff Cathedral - Llandaff, Cardiff, Wales The Cathedral Church of Saints Peter and Paul with Saints Dyfrig, Teilo, and Euddogwy stands on a site with Christian presence from at least the 6th century, associated with the Welsh saints Dyfrig (Dubricius), Teilo, and Euddogwy. The present building began under Bishop Urban around 1120 as a Norman Romanesque cathedral. The early Gothic west front (c. 1220), linked to the West Country school of masons, is among the finest medieval works in Wales. Built primarily of Dundry stone from Somerset with local blue lias, the cathedral suffered severe damage in the 1941 Cardiff Blitz when a parachute mine destroyed the nave roof.

Aquia Church - Stafford, Virginia The parish church of Overwharton Parish, this two-story cruciform brick building was raised 1751–1755 and rebuilt within its walls after a fire gutted it in 1757. Walls are laid in Flemish bond with glazed headers and detailed with Aquia sandstone quoins, and rusticated door surrounds. The window keystones were quarried nearby where the same stone was used at Christ Church Alexandria, Pohick Church, Mount Vernon, and the White House. A short central tower rises under a cross-gabled roof, cupola, and cross. The interior preserves original colonial woodwork, including one of Virginia’s finest three-tiered pulpits and a pedimented Ionic altarpiece, along with box pews and a west gallery.

St. Philip’s Church - Charleston, South Carolina Founded in 1680, this is the oldest Anglican congregation in the United States south of Virginia. The present stuccoed-brick building was raised 1835–1838 after fire destroyed its earlier Georgian predecessor from 1723. Architect Joseph Hyde designed the body with three Tuscan pedimented porticoes in the Wren-Gibbs tradition; Edward Brickell White added the tall steeple in 1848–1850, consciously patterned after (and made higher than) that of neighboring St. Michael’s. The interior keeps high Corinthian arcades, a plaster barrel vault, galleries, and an apsidal chancel. The tower long served as a harbor landmark and temporary lighthouse. The churchyard holds the graves of signers of the Declaration and the Constitution. It remains an active parish of the Anglican Diocese of South Carolina (ACNA) and a National Historic Landmark.

St George’s Cathedral - Perth, Western Australia, Australia Construction began in 1879; the foundation stone was laid by Governor Sir William Robinson on 2 November 1880, and the cathedral was consecrated on 15 November 1888. Designed by the noted Sydney architect Edmund Blacket in the Victorian Academic Gothic style, the building was completed after his death by his son Cyril. It is built of locally made brick with limestone dressings from Rottnest Island and Western Australian jarrah timber. This timber was used for the hammerbeam roof after the timber was softened by immersion in the Swan River. A square castellated bell tower, designed by was added in 1902 as a memorial to Queen Victoria. The cathedral stands prominently on St Georges Terrace in the heart of Perth’s central heritage precinct.

St Peter’s Cathedral - North Adelaide, South Australia, Australia The foundation stone was laid by Bishop Augustus Short on St Peter’s Day, 29 June 1869. The initial design came from the English Gothic Revival architect William Butterfield, but local architect Edward John Woods revised the plans (using local stone rather than brick) and oversaw construction. The sanctuary, choir, transepts and part of the nave opened for worship in the 1870s and were consecrated in 1878; the nave, twin western towers and spires, crypt and Lady Chapel were completed by 1904. Built mainly of Tea Tree Gully and other local sandstones, the cathedral features a striking rose window on the west front (with French Gothic influences).

Church of St John the Evangelist - Darlinghurst, New South Wales, Australia The foundation stone was laid in December 1856 and the church opened in 1858. Built of local sandstone in the Gothic Revival style, it is regarded as one of the most richly executed and largely unaltered Blacket parish churches in Australia. The church, rectory, and grounds form a highly intact 19th-century group and are heritage-listed (NSW State Heritage Register). It occupies a prominent position on the Darlinghurst ridge in inner Sydney.

Pohick Church - Lorton, Virginia Completed in 1774 as the parish church of Truro Parish, this is often called the “Mother Church of Northern Virginia.” Designed by Col. James Wren (who also planned Christ Church in Alexandria), the two-story rectangular brick building measures about 66 by 45½ feet. Walls are laid in Flemish bond with especially fine Aquia sandstone quoins and pedimented door surrounds; a hipped roof carries a modillioned cornice. There is no tower, which is typical of colonial Virginia parish churches.

Christ Church - Alexandria, Virginia Completed in 1773 as the main church of Fairfax Parish, this is one of the finest late-Georgian Anglican churches surviving from colonial Virginia. The rectangular brick building is laid in Flemish bond with Aquia sandstone quoins and window surrounds. A large Palladian window lights the chancel; the original wine-glass pulpit and altarpiece stand against it. Box pews (including George Washington’s marked pew) and later galleries remain, while the tower and cupola were added in the early nineteenth century. Washington attended regularly, and Robert E. Lee worshipped here in 1861 before taking command of the Army of Northern Virginia. It remains an active parish and a National Historic Landmark.

St. Paul’s Episcopal Church - Norfolk, Virginia Built in 1739 as the Borough Church for the Anglican congregation of the newly chartered borough of Norfolk, this Georgian brick church is the only colonial-era building still standing in the city. On the 1st of January 1776, after the British defeat at the Battle of Great Bridge, Lord Dunmore’s fleet bombarded the town from the Elizabeth River. A cannonball struck the south wall and lodged there; the subsequent fires and deliberate destruction ordered by both sides left nearly the entire city in ruins, with only the church walls remaining intact.​ The interior was rebuilt after the Revolution and the building was reconsecrated as St. Paul’s in 1833. The cannonball was permanently re-set in the wall above a plaque that still reads “FIRED BY LORD DUNMORE JAN. 1, 1776.”

St Mary Magdalene’s Church - Battlefield, Shropshire, England This church stands on the site of the Battle of Shrewsbury, fought on eve of the feast of St Mary Magdalene, 21st of July 1403. In the fighting between King Henry IV and the rebel forces of Henry “Hotspur” Percy, thousands died. The Local rector Roger Ive obtained a licence in 1406 for a chantry chapel on the field so that daily masses and prayers could be offered to Christ for the souls of those killed on both sides. The early fifteenth-century fabric of coursed limestone largely survives: a west tower, nave with south aisle, and chancel. A statue of the victorious Henry IV is set into the exterior east wall, and the Victorian hammer-beam roof carries the shields of knights who fought for the king. After the dissolution of the chantry college in 1547 the building continued as a parish church; it is now in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust and still hosts an annual commemorative service in July.

Old North Church (Christ Church) - Boston, Massachusetts On the night of 18 April 1775, sexton Robert Newman and vestryman John Pulling hung two lanterns in the steeple, signalling “one if by land, and two if by sea” that British troops were moving by water across the Charles River. The arrangement, made with Paul Revere (who had rung the church’s bells as a teenager), launched the ride that warned Lexington and Concord. Built 1723 - 1726 as Boston’s second Anglican parish after King’s Chapel, this Georgian brick church was raised by local craftsmen following published designs of Sir Christopher Wren’s London churches. The rectangular nave with its semicircular apse and western tower went up quickly; the first wooden steeple, completed in 1740, made the building the tallest in Boston.