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St Mary's Catholic Church, Upper Woolhampton

St Mary's Catholic Church, Upper Woolhampton

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St Mary's Catholic Church, Upper Woolhampton

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Location: Woolhampton, South East England, England, United Kingdom

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1. Grazeley Road from Beech Hill – The Vyne loop from Reading Green Park

62.5km

02:39

330m

Intermediate road ride. Good fitness required. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride.

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2. Douai Abbey – Sainsbury's Local Thatcham loop from Thatcham

26.3km

01:08

170m

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3. Bradfield College and Village – Climb to Farley Hill loop from Sandhurst

84.6km

03:32

540m

Intermediate road ride. Good fitness required. Some segments of this route may be unpaved and difficult to ride.

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December 10, 2020

St Mary’s is of considerable historic interest as the only executed work in England by George Jonas Wigley, a significant figure in nineteenth century Catholic life and ecclesiology. While the building is architecturally unremarkable, the west front is an impressive, if quirky design. The interior is altered, but contains furnishings by Pugin and glass by Hardman and Wailes.

[...] The present church was built [in 1932] also through the efforts of Canon Dambrine, parish priest from 1829 until his death in 1855. He lies buried in the chapel to the north of the chancel, where there is a memorial tablet to him. The site was given in 1846 by Arthur, Earl of Fingal, and the architect for the new church was George Jonas Wigley, a pupil of J. J. Scoles. It was opened by Bishop (later Cardinal) Wiseman on 11 May 1848.

The design of the church is said to have been modelled on the Archbishop’s palace and chapel at Croydon, which Wigley considered to be the last church to be built in Catholic England. Wigley is perhaps now little-known, but he is a figure of considerable interest, and some significance in the Catholic scene of the mid-nineteenth century.

Cit. taking-stock.org.uk/building/woolhampton-st-mary

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Location: Woolhampton, South East England, England, United Kingdom

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St Mary's Catholic Church, Upper Woolhampton

1. Grazeley Road from Beech Hill – The Vyne loop from Reading Green Park

2. Douai Abbey – Sainsbury's Local Thatcham loop from Thatcham

3. Bradfield College and Village – Climb to Farley Hill loop from Sandhurst

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