Church of St Mary (Roman Catholic)
CHURCH OF ST MARY (ROMAN CATHOLIC), RICHMOND ROAD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1263214
- Date first listed:
- 21-May-1976
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Mary (Roman Catholic)
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST MARY (ROMAN CATHOLIC), RICHMOND ROAD
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1263214
- Date first listed:
- 21-May-1976
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Mary (Roman Catholic)
- Statutory Address 1:
- CHURCH OF ST MARY (ROMAN CATHOLIC), RICHMOND ROAD
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST MARY (ROMAN CATHOLIC), RICHMOND ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- West Sussex
- District:
- Worthing (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- TQ 14415 02779
Details
RICHMOND ROAD
1.
5406
(South Side)
CHURCH OF ST MARY
Roman Catholic Church
TQ 1402 NW 1/104
II GV
2.
1864. Attributed to Henry Clutton. Interior and additions to exterior circa 1939.
Plum-red brick, as the adjacent convent which is part of the composition. Steep
tiled roof. Plate tracery. Rose windows in east end (ritual west) and north
transept. 3 lancets in choir end. North side fronts Richmond Road, east end
Crescent Road and south side abuts the Convent. North aisle and clerestorey have
lancet windows. Projecting porch with double arches on colonettes and belfry with
miniature spire on north side, together with modern single-storey extension.
Interior very plain.
St Mary's Roman Catholic Church and No 39 form a group with Our Lady of Sion Convent,
and the wall extending south, Crescent Road.
Listing NGR: TQ1441502779
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 432943
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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