I n a city where religion is serious business, you’d better have a serious church. Christ Church Cathedral is a great example of important religious architecture. Its downtown location reflects its import as the seat of the Episcopal diocese. Its sandstone exterior adds gravitas to a church that is the cornerstone of the faith in the area. Appropriately, it has an asymmetrical bell tower which also houses the entry, and a very nice rose window that allows light to stream into the sanctuary. But best of all, it has something few churches do these days – gargoyles! Unusual for the late 19-th century, and even more unusual in the middle of America, these grotesques provide a symbolic link to the mother church founded long ago far away.
alan heath
Sunday, July 31st, 2005 @ 10:38am
Rating: Four stars. Christ Church, nashville, the church and city in which I grew up. I still worship there on visits home from the UK where I have lived for 30 years.
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alan heath
Four stars.