Talk:Westminster Abbey

Ghost?

I propose the following passage for deletion:

According to H.V. Morton's In Search of London, a ghostly monk is said to appear in the Abbey on the eve of a monarch's coronation. The book states that the monk was last seen prior to the coronation of George VI in 1937. (The book was published in 1951; it is unknown if the monk was seen prior to Queen Elizabeth II's coronation in 1953.)

This passage is conjectural and out of keeping with the rest of the article - AG, Stockport, UK.

Royal Peculiar vs Cathedral

I don't think any formal status like Royal Peculiar can undo the fact from an architectural point of view , that Westminster Abbey indeed is a Cathedral. A very large church. This doesn't rule out any other status the Cathedral in question may have. But I don't believe there is an architectural support for anything else but a Cathedral. Boeing720 (talk) 11:30, 16 October 2015 (UTC)

The term 'cathedral' is not dependent on the size of the church. There are some relatively small churches which have the status of a cathedral, one good example being St David's Cathedral in Wales. The status of a church being designated as a cathedral is down to the presence of a Bishop's throne, or 'cathedra' in the church, hence the term 'cathedral'. Westminster Abbey does not have a Bishop's throne, therefore it is not a cathedral.Ds1994 (talk) 20:03, 21 January 2017 (UTC)

Infobox image

The user User:Bede735 change the image with a personal image no very good and full of darks,I think that the other is better or another with the full facade and without darks. Others opinions? thanks--LivioAndronico ^(talk) 16:23, 10 January 2016 (UTC)

Actually the image has been in the infobox since last September. You replaced it a few days ago with a version that looks washed out, with the facade off-center, and complete with traffic and vehicles and a nice obscuring tree. After I reverted your change two days ago, you should have followed WP:BRD instead of initiating a WP:EDITWAR. Bede735 (talk) 16:46, 10 January 2016 (UTC)

This picture show all the facade and isn't crop like your,we must show the church and not part of it.Excuse me but of pictures i understand something [1] Thanks. --LivioAndronico ^(talk) 21:29, 10 January 2016 (UTC)

Is 'original abbey church' misleading?

The last sentence of the first paragraph states that 'The building itself is the original abbey church.' Is this not misleading? It is true that the building itself was originally an abbey church. But it is not the original abbey church, which was built c. 960-970. Work on the present building was started in the mid-13th century. 65.255.67.14 (talk) 03:29, 11 August 2017 (UTC)

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Surveyor of the Fabric of Westminster Abbey

For those editing this article and watching the talk page, there is a new list article I just created that may be of interest: Surveyor of the Fabric of Westminster Abbey. I was prompted to create it after watching part of the BBC series broadcast in 2012 about the Abbey. That also led me to Warwick Rodwell for those interested in church archaeology (he features in the programme). Carcharoth (talk) 14:19, 20 January 2018 (UTC)

I added the list article to the infobox under 'architect(s)', but really there should be a list of architects before Wren to precede that infobox list entry. Plus a section somewhere in the article on the people associated with the Abbey and the architects. Carcharoth (talk) 14:24, 20 January 2018 (UTC)

Weston Tower and Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Galleries in the triforium

construction of the Weston Tower

Hello, wouldn't it be nice to have pictures and information on the newly build Weston Tower, on the outside between the Chapter House and Henry VII's Lady Chapel, giving access to the triforium where the new Queen's Diamond Jubilee Galleries are created? The only picture so far is the one from 2017 where construction activity is visible. 2A02:2C40:100:B20B:0:0:1:1A0C (talk) 10:16, 30 May 2018 (UTC)

I was about to say the same thing. The Queen's Diamond Jubilee Galleries are mentioned three times in the article at the moment. They were opened on 8 June 2018. More info here and here. Lots can be written about this. About the Weston Tower, does this qualify as a new tower? The article infobox currently says there are two towers. This one is a tiddler compared to the two main towers, but still... It is also a very modern tower, as can be seen here. It is essentially a stair-and-lift access tower built to allow people to reach the triforium space. Named after Garfield Weston's foundation, not Hugh Weston. Carcharoth (talk) 09:55, 17 June 2018 (UTC)