Feilden Fowles adds pointed arch extension to Carlisle Cathedral's fratry - architecture and design

Feilden Fowles adds pointed arch extension to Carlisle Cathedral's fratry



Feilden Fowles has refurbished the medieval dining hall at Carlisle Cathedral in north-west England and extended it with a red sandstone entrance pavilion.
Befittingly called The Fratry, the name for a priory refectory, the overhaul makes the 16th-century listed building publicly accessible for the first time.
Top image: Feilden Fowles has extended the fratry at Carlisle Cathedral. Above: it is clad in red sandstone
Feilden Fowles converted the hall and its vaulted undercroft into an event and teaching space, while the extension introduces a cafe and new entrance area.
The goal for The Fratry was to transform the building into an asset for the cathedral, open to the local community and schools.
A glazed structure links the extension to the original building Carlisle Cathedral was first built in 1122, while its fratry was constructed in the 1500s. Feilden Fowles was commissioned for the overhaul in 2014, nine years after work first began on the project.
Developed in collaboration with local people and artisans, the studio describes it as "the most significant physical intervention on the cathedral site for more than 150 years".
The extension contains a cafe with simple wooden furniture
"It has been a real privilege to deliver this project after six years in the making," concluded Ingrid Petit, an associate at Feilden Fowles.
"It's been a truly rewarding process to work closely with so many from the cathedral community, the design team consultants an...
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