Services

Sunday	Matins 10.00; Sung Eucharist 11.15; Choral Evensong 15.30
Weekdays	Choral Evensong 17.15 (not Monday)

Service Sheet www.durhamcathedral.co.uk/schedule/download

Facilities

Entrance: Suggested donation of £4.00 per adult

Disabled: Wheelchair access to most of the Cathedral & Precinct

Photography: Not allowed within the Cathedral building

Guided tours: £4 per adult during Easter Week, Summer & Autumn Half Terms & July - September at 10.30, 11.00, & 14.30, Mon-Sat

Website: www.durhamcathedral.co.uk

E-mail address: enquiries@durhamcathedral.co.uk

Telephone
Chapter Office 0191 386 4266

Music

Master of the Choristers & Organist
Canon James Lancelot (since 1985)

Choir

The Cathedral Choir consists of 20 boy Choristers who attend the Chorister School within the Cathedral Precincts, with the help of Bursaries. 8 Choral Scholars & 4 Lay clerks. The Cathedral Consort of Singers, formed in 1997, consists of 24 adult volunteer singers who sing the services when the Cathedral Choir is unavailable.

Organ

The Father Smith organ of 1686 was superseded by the Father Willis organ of 1877. Harrison & Harrison made a major overhaul of this instrument in 1905, which was rebuilt in 1935, 1970 & 1986.

4 manuals 98 stops; situated either side of the Quire with the Solo Organ in the North Triforium.

Pedal 25 stops, Choir 12 stops, Positive 12 stops, Great 19 stops, Swell 15 stops, Solo 15 stops

http://www.durhamcathedral.co.uk/music/organs

Organ specification npor.emma.cam.ac.uk/cgi-bin/Rsearch.cgi?Fn=Rsearch&rec_index=N04168

Cathedral

Dean
The Very Revd Michael Sadgrove (since 2003)

Bishop
vacant (since 2013)

Bishop Justin Welby has succeeded Dr Rowan Williams as Archbishop of Canterbury and was enthroned in Canterbury Cathedral on 21st March 2013

www.episcopaldigitalnetwork.com/ens/2012/11/09/durham-bishop-justin-welby-named-105th-archbishop-of-canterbury 

 

Building

The Cathedral building was begun in 1093 and is the only Cathedral in England to retain almost all its Norman craftsmanship. The Nave, Quire and Transepts are all Norman but the central tower is 15th century as is much of the Cloister. The richly carved woodwork of the Quire is a result of the refurbishments that were needed at the Restoration of 1660, whilst the pulpit, lectern and screen are the work of Gilbert Scott, completed in 1876.