Metropolitan Cathedral, Liverpool.

Liverpool's Roman Catholic Cathedral is most impressive thanks to a design by Sir Edwin Lutyen. Work started in 1933 but the crypt is the only result of this grand vision because the Second World War and budget deficits halted building work. Lutyen's plan was thrown out and a competition was hosted in 1960 to find a cheaper, design. Sir Frederick Gibberd's pioneering design won and work began in 1962. The cathedral was consecrated just five years later in 1967. The Lantern Tower has crowning pinnacles to help make the Cathedral stand out. They are over 52 feet high with diagonal struts between them to strengthen them against the wind. Within the cathedral, the High Altar is at the centre of the circular design. The interior is bathed in many colours, primarily blue as befits a cathedral with more coloured glass than any other in Europe.

The top photograph is a composite of seven images which I merged using photoshop to produce a panoramic image. The program has a built in sub-program called photomerge, which is good at simple merges. However I find it easier to introduce each image on a separate layer and manually fit them together, then flatten the image before saving.