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What parking choices are available near the Lichfield Cathedral?
Access Parking - Dedicated disabled parking for blue badge holders is available within the Cathedral Close at the West front of the Cathedral.
Is there seating available for individuals with accessibility needs in Lichfield Cathedral?
Available - 6/6
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Lichfield Cathedral - ADA Phones:
Event specific,please see above.
Lichfield Cathedral - ADA custom copy:
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Lichfield Cathedral - ADA hours:
Monday-Friday 9:00am-5:00pm
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Lichfield Cathedral, formally the Cathedral Church of Saint Mary and Saint Chad in Lichfield, is a Church of England cathedral in the city of Lichfield, England. It is the seat of the bishop of Lichfield and the principal church of the diocese of Lichfield. There are daily services at the cathedral, which has been designated a grade I listed building.
The diocese of Mercia was created in 656, and a cathedral was consecrated on the present site in 700. The relics of the fifth bishop, Chad of Mercia, were housed at the cathedral until being removed in 1538 during the English Reformation. In 1075 the seat of the diocese was moved to St John the Baptist's Church, Chester and then from there to St Mary's Priory in Coventry. Lichfield gained co-cathedral status in 1148, and became the sole cathedral in the diocese after St Mary's Priory was dissolved in 1539 and the new diocese of Chester created in 1541. During the English Civil War the cathedral close was beseiged three times; the church was severely damaged, losing all of its medieval glass and many monuments.
The cathedral was built between early 13th century and c. 1320 in the Decorated Gothic style. The work probably began with the choir at the east end and progressed west through the transepts, chapter house, nave, and south-west tower. The lady chapel, central tower, south-east tower, and three spires followed. The building was extensively restored after the Civil War under bishop John Hacket and several times in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Many of the details of the building date from the restorations undertaken by George Gilbert Scott, owing to the soft sandstone of which it is constructed as well as war damage.
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