THE PROJECT FOR THE REBUILDING OF THE HOUSES OF GUADALAJARA CATHEDRAL IN NEW GALICIAN IN 1777

Abstract

The houses belonging to the New Galician church were situated to the front west of the Cathedral building, next to the Royal Treasury. The advanced state of deterioration of the properties in the second half of the 18th century necessitated an urgent remodelling of them. A rebuilding project was drafted in 1777, which despite being initially accepted, was not carried out due to its lack of coherence in the arrangement of the different areas in the buildings. After this being rejected in 1780, another project, which would solve the structural deficiency of the previous one, was requested. This new project was presented and approved, therefore putting into motion the relevant building work, which was completed in 1784. The interest of the church to see the building completed for its use prompted the relative speediness of the construction work, which lead to flaws being present on its completion.