Our Lady of Loreto and St Winefride's, Kew | |
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51°28′44.2″N 0°17′8.9″W / 51.478944°N 0.285806°W | |
Location | 1 Leyborne Park, Kew, Richmond, London TW9 3HB |
Country | England, United Kingdom |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Website |
www |
History | |
Founded | 26 October 1898 (parish); [1] 21 November 1905 (church foundation stone) [2] |
Founder(s) | Society of Mary |
Dedication | 27 April 1979 [4] |
Architecture | |
Architect(s) | Scoles & Raymond [3] |
Style | Neo-Romanesque |
Years built | 1905–06 [1] |
Administration | |
Province | Southwark |
Diocese | Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Southwark |
Deanery | Mortlake |
Parish | Kew Gardens |
Clergy | |
Canon(s) | John Weatherill |
Laity | |
Parish administrator | Julia Muirhead |
Our Lady of Loreto & St Winefride Catholic Church, Kew is the parish church for the Roman Catholic parish of Kew Gardens in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. The church is located at 1 Leyborne Park in Kew.
The Society of Mary first established a Catholic mission in a temporary chapel at 14 Kew Gardens Road, which opened for public worship on 26 October 1898 with Father Michael Cummins as the first parish priest, and was named Loreto House. [5] The Society of Mary continued to serve the parish until 1984. [6]
The church is dedicated to both Our Lady of Loreto and Saint Winefride. The founder of the Society of Mary had made a pilgrimage to the Loreto shrine in Italy in 1833 after asking for the Pope's approval to establish the society; and Saint Winefride was the favourite saint of one of this church's principal local benefactors, Miss Frances Elizabeth Ellis (1846–1930) of Clapham Park, whose inheritance from her father, a wealthy Brighton businessman, enabled her to help found many churches. [7] [8]
Designed by the architects Scoles & Raymond, [3] [note 1] the church was opened in 1906 [9] and the side aisles, baptistery and chapels were added in 1968. The sanctuary was remodelled in 1977 [4] and the church was refurbished and decorated in 1998. A parish hall, which also includes a smaller meeting room, is located next to the church.
After a bequest in 1979 by a parishioner, Mrs Moya Rinkenback, paid off the church's debts, the church was dedicated and consecrated on 27 April 1979 by Archbishop Michael Bowen, the Archbishop of Southwark. [4]
Second World War Royal Air Force fighter pilot and flying ace Brendan "Paddy" Finucane (1920–1942), whose family lived at 26 Castlegate, Richmond, [10] was a former altar server at the church. [11]
A school for infants, St Winefride's School, which was associated with the church and parish, operated from the 1910s until the early 1950s. [12]
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Our Lady of Loreto and St Winefride's, Kew | |
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51°28′44.2″N 0°17′8.9″W / 51.478944°N 0.285806°W | |
Location | 1 Leyborne Park, Kew, Richmond, London TW9 3HB |
Country | England, United Kingdom |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Website |
www |
History | |
Founded | 26 October 1898 (parish); [1] 21 November 1905 (church foundation stone) [2] |
Founder(s) | Society of Mary |
Dedication | 27 April 1979 [4] |
Architecture | |
Architect(s) | Scoles & Raymond [3] |
Style | Neo-Romanesque |
Years built | 1905–06 [1] |
Administration | |
Province | Southwark |
Diocese | Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Southwark |
Deanery | Mortlake |
Parish | Kew Gardens |
Clergy | |
Canon(s) | John Weatherill |
Laity | |
Parish administrator | Julia Muirhead |
Our Lady of Loreto & St Winefride Catholic Church, Kew is the parish church for the Roman Catholic parish of Kew Gardens in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. The church is located at 1 Leyborne Park in Kew.
The Society of Mary first established a Catholic mission in a temporary chapel at 14 Kew Gardens Road, which opened for public worship on 26 October 1898 with Father Michael Cummins as the first parish priest, and was named Loreto House. [5] The Society of Mary continued to serve the parish until 1984. [6]
The church is dedicated to both Our Lady of Loreto and Saint Winefride. The founder of the Society of Mary had made a pilgrimage to the Loreto shrine in Italy in 1833 after asking for the Pope's approval to establish the society; and Saint Winefride was the favourite saint of one of this church's principal local benefactors, Miss Frances Elizabeth Ellis (1846–1930) of Clapham Park, whose inheritance from her father, a wealthy Brighton businessman, enabled her to help found many churches. [7] [8]
Designed by the architects Scoles & Raymond, [3] [note 1] the church was opened in 1906 [9] and the side aisles, baptistery and chapels were added in 1968. The sanctuary was remodelled in 1977 [4] and the church was refurbished and decorated in 1998. A parish hall, which also includes a smaller meeting room, is located next to the church.
After a bequest in 1979 by a parishioner, Mrs Moya Rinkenback, paid off the church's debts, the church was dedicated and consecrated on 27 April 1979 by Archbishop Michael Bowen, the Archbishop of Southwark. [4]
Second World War Royal Air Force fighter pilot and flying ace Brendan "Paddy" Finucane (1920–1942), whose family lived at 26 Castlegate, Richmond, [10] was a former altar server at the church. [11]
A school for infants, St Winefride's School, which was associated with the church and parish, operated from the 1910s until the early 1950s. [12]
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