Artist / Author / Cartographer:

The Building News

Title:

Proposed new R.C. Cathedral - Hong Kong

Date:

Dec 24 1880

Medium:

wood block

Size:

24.5 x 28 cm

Description:

Photo-Lithographed & printed by James Akerman, 6, Queen's Square, W.C.

 

This scarce print is a  design for the proposed new Roman Catholic Cathedral, at the top of Arbuthnot Road and below Caine Road, in Hong Kong. Inset upper right is a General Plan by J. Crawley, Architect & Surveyor, 2 Bloomsbury Square, London W.C..

 

By the time the cathedral was completed in 1887 the design had been considerably modified. Also it was in a new location about two hundred yards up the road, above Caine Road.

 

Today it is known as "The Church of Immaculate Conception".

 

The Building News was a specialist magazine published in London, England in the 19th century.

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Item Code:

P6016

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