Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral

Liverpool, United Kingdom

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The interior is normally open, possibly ticketed.

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Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral, the seat of the Archbishop of Liverpool, stands as a striking example of modern architecture completed in 1967. Designed by Frederick Gibberd, who won a worldwide competition for the commission, the cathedral's unconventional form—locally nicknamed "Paddy's Wigwam" and "The Mersey Funnel"—departs radically from traditional ecclesiastical design. Constructed of brick following Gibberd's vision, the building replaced earlier unfinished cathedral schemes proposed in 1933 and 1953. Now Grade I listed, it remains one of Liverpool's significant architectural landmarks and a bold statement of postwar religious modernism.