The cathedral was designed by Quinlan Terry. Architecturallythe inspiration is early Italian Renaissance crossed withthe English Baroque of Christopher Wren. The windows havecharacteristically English lead cames fixed to bronze saddlebars with small panes. The clerestory is faced in Smeed Deanstock brickwork and the roof is Welsh slate. All 5 ordershave been employed in the design; Tuscan for the arcade,Doric for the main giant Order, Ionic for the east and westSerlian windows, Composite and Corinthian for the organ andcathedral. Stations of the Cross were sculpted by Maklouf.