The Anglican cathedral on Rusden Street is one of the finest Gothic Revival buildings in regional New South Wales. Construction began in the 1870s and proceeded over decades as funds permitted, resulting in a building of surprising scale and craftsmanship for a country city. The sandstone exterior is warm and weathered; the interior has good stained glass and a quiet dignity that rewards a few minutes of looking.
Armidale has several cathedrals for a city of its size — the Catholic Cathedral of Saints Mary and Joseph a few blocks away is also worth visiting — and the concentration of ecclesiastical architecture on these sandstone streets does give the centre an unusually churchy gravity.