[2] The Bishop's House next door to the cathedral was destroyed on 10th January 1941 by a high explosive bomb.

While the main structure of the cathedral itself was mostly unharmed, all the stained glass except for the rose window in the south transept was damaged or destroyed.

Crawley died just as building started and his partner Joseph Hansom took over the project and modified the design, working on it until 1896.

[4] The last new addition to be built was St Patrick's Chapel in 1924 by the Irish-born Bishop Timothy Cotter.

[6] A bronze statue of St John the Evangelist by sculptor Philip Jackson was unveiled in 2010 and stands eight feet tall outside the cathedral.

[7] In 1970 a major reordering took place at the instigation of Bishop Derek Worlock, in keeping with his interpretation of The Second Vatican Council.

A new altar and font were installed and the whole sanctuary was modernised to the designs of the architect Austin Winkley.

St John's Cathedral Portsmouth: An outline of its history, architecture and decorations with some diversions (1st ed.).