John Loughborough Pearson (5 July 1817 – 11 December 1897) was a British
Gothic Revival architect renowned for his work on
churches and
cathedral
A cathedral is a church that contains the ''cathedra'' () of a bishop, thus serving as the central church of a diocese, conference, or episcopate. Churches with the function of "cathedral" are usually specific to those Christian denominations ...
s. Pearson revived and practised largely the art of
vaulting
In architecture, a vault (French ''voûte'', from Italian ''volta'') is a self-supporting arched form, usually of stone or brick, serving to cover a space with a ceiling or roof. As in building an arch, a temporary support is needed while ring ...
, and acquired in it a proficiency unrivalled in his generation. He worked on at least 210