St. George’s Cathedral

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St. George’s Cathedral is a prominent Anglican cathedral in Georgetown, Guyana, renowned for its striking Gothic architecture and status as one of the tallest wooden churches in the world.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Anglican cathedral
church building
landmark
wooden church
architect Arthur Blomfield
architecturalStyle Gothic Revival architecture
buildingMaterial greenheart wood
category Anglican cathedrals in South America
Cathedrals in Guyana
Gothic Revival church buildings
Wooden churches
completionDate 1892
constructionStartDate 1889
country British Guiana
surface form: Guyana
diocese Diocese of Guyana
surface form: Anglican Diocese of Guyana
floorCount one main storey with gallery
hasArchitecturalFeature flying buttress-like supports
pointed arches
stained glass windows
tall spire
wooden vaulted ceiling
hasCoordinateLocation approximate latitude 6.812°N
approximate longitude 58.162°W
hasFunction cathedral church of the Anglican Diocese of Guyana
hasHeritageValue example of 19th-century wooden ecclesiastical architecture
hasOrgan pipe organ
hasParish St. George’s Parish, Georgetown
hasSeatingCapacity approximately 1,200 people
height approximately 43.5 metres
heritageDesignation historic landmark of Guyana
heritageStatus major tourist attraction in Georgetown
inception 1892
isTouristDestinationOf Georgetown, Guyana
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Demerara-Mahaica region
surface form: Demerara-Mahaica
locatedInCity Georgetown, Guyana
locatedOnContinent South America
materialUsed wood
namedAfter Saint George of Lydda
surface form: Saint George
notableFor being one of the tallest wooden churches in the world
its Gothic architecture
ownedBy Diocese of Guyana
surface form: Anglican Diocese of Guyana
religiousAffiliation Anglican Communion
surface form: Anglican Church
religiousDenomination Anglicanism
religiousProvince Anglican Church in the Province of the West Indies
surface form: Church in the Province of the West Indies
usedFor Anglican liturgy
Christian worship

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Georgetown, Guyana hasLandmark St. George’s Cathedral
Georgetown hasLandmark St. George’s Cathedral
Georgetown hasReligiousBuilding St. George’s Cathedral
Diocese of Guyana hasCathedral St. George’s Cathedral
this entity surface form: St. George’s Cathedral, Georgetown