Services

Sunday	Parish Eucharist 09.30; Choral Eucharist 11.15 (1st, 2nd & 4th Sundays); Matins 11.15 (3rd & 5th Sundays); Choral Evensong 18.30
Monday-Friday	Choral Evensong 17.00
Saturday	Choral Evensong 16.00

Service Sheet www.stalbanscathedral.org/worship-and-music

Facilities

Disabled: Disabled entry via East End Stype Door

Guided tours: Weekdays - 11.30 & 14.30; Sat 11.30 & 14.00; Sun 14.30

Refectory: Café in the Chapter House Mon-Sat 10.00-16.30; Sun Teas 14.30-17.00

Shop: Bookstall in the South Transept Mon-Fri 10.00-16.30; Sat 15.45; Sun 12.30-16.30
Gift Shop in the Chapter House Mon-Sat 10.00-17.00; Sun 13.00-17.00

Toilet facilities: Basement of Chapter House (disabled in South Presbytery Aisle)

Website: www.stalbanscathedral.org

E-mail address: music@stalbanscathedral.org.uk

Telephone
Information, also booking Tours for Adult Parties 01727 860780

Music

Master of the Music
Andrew Lucas (since 1998)

Choir
There is no residential choir school and the 24 Choristers are drawn from local schools plus 12 Lay Clerks. There is a separate girls' choir directed by Tom Winpenny (Assistant Master of the Music).

Organ

WiIlis 1929, rebuilt Harrison & Harrison 1961, 1973, 1989, 2009

4 manual 61 stops:

Pedal 17 stops, Choir 11 stops, Great 16 stops, Swell 17, Solo 3 stops

International Organ Festival held in July in alternate uneven years. Next festival July 2011.

Organ specification www.stalbanscathedral.org/images/stories/downloads/st-albans-cathedral-organ-stoplist.pdf

Cathedral

Dean
The Very Revd Dr Jeffrey John (since 2004)

Bishop
The Right Revd Dr Alan Smith (since 2009 )

Building
The Cathedral is built on what is believed to be the site of the martyrdom of St Alban overlooking the buried ruins of the Roman city of Verulamium. King Offa endowed a Benedictine Abbey & monastery on the site in 793. Much of the current layout and structure dates from the first Norman Abbot Paul in 1077 and was the largest built in Britain at that time. It has the only 11th century great crossing tower still standing in England. The building fell into decay at the dissolution of the monasteries in 1539. It was in ruins for over 200 years and came close to demolition in the 18th century. Restoration began gradually in the 19th century, accelerated on the creation of the See of St Albans in 1877 and continued into the early part of the 20th century. The restoration was carried out in Gothic style which was combined with the original Norman parts of the Nave and presents a unique combination of both styles in one building.