Chester Cathedral

Chester Cathedral’s new liturgical furniture was first used during the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Service on 2 June 2022.

Later the same day, the altar was blessed by Bishop Mark Tanner. This was the culmination of a creative, fruitful and enjoyable collaboration with the Dean and Chapter over several years.

Our brief was to create a set of nave furnishings that are unique to Chester, its cathedral, its historical evolution and its connection to the city in which it plays such a central role.

Barry Ingram, Chairman of the Friends of Chester Cathedral, spoke about the new furniture just after its first use for Sunday Eucharist on 5 June, noting that although it was in 1997 that the Friends had financed the cathedral’s new paved floor and a ‘temporary’ arrangement of liturgical furniture, it had taken another 25 years to replace that temporary arrangement ‘with something more befitting’.

He added ‘the donors were absolutely thrilled by this “beautiful ensemble and stunning arrangement of altar, dais, choir stalls and associated furniture designed by Luke Hughes.’”

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