As Bradford is City of Culture 2025, it’s the perfect time to visit this amazing city, including its very own “hidden gem”, Bradford Cathedral. In order to tempt you further, here is our list of Ten Tourist Treats at Bradford Cathedral, which we will be sharing one by one across the week.
1) William Morris & Co. stained glass in 4 locations
Amongst the heritage treasures of Bradford Cathedral are a number of significant Morris & Co. windows, situated in four locations in the building. These were originally two windows that were inserted in 1863 and 1864, with the 1863 window being only the Company’s third ever commission in stained glass.
During extension work to the building in the 1960s, the glass from 1863 was moved to its present location in the Lady Chapel at the east end. The stunning designs for these saints’ windows are by William Morris (1834–1896), Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828–1882), Edward Burne-Jones (1833–1898), Peter Paul Marshall (1830–1900), Ford Madox Brown (1821-1893) and Philip Webb (1831–1915). There is also a recently discovered design by William De Morgan (1839–1917), with Saint Mark having been previously attributed to Burne-Jones.
The glass from 1864 can now be seen in the North Ambulatory and North and South Transepts. The eye-catching central figure of the original window, “Salvator Mundi”, was designed by the architect Albert Moore (1841- 1893), while the distinctive angels are Morris’s work. The martyrs pictured in the transepts are by Morris, Burne-Jones and Ford Madox Brown.
In recent years, we have started to offer guided tours of the Morris & Co. windows and there are upcoming tours on Monday 26th May and Thursday 17th July – and you can book your tickets below.
Monday 26th May
11am – https://morris-tour-may2025-1.eventbrite.co.uk
1pm – https://morris-tour-may2025-2.eventbrite.co.uk
Thursday 17th July