Roman Catholic Church of Our Lady of Czestochowa and St Casimir
ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH OF OUR LADY OF CZESTOCHOWA AND ST CASIMIR, DEVONIA ROAD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1293022
- Date first listed:
- 30-Sept-1994
- List Entry Name:
- Roman Catholic Church of Our Lady of Czestochowa and St Casimir
- Statutory Address:
- ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH OF OUR LADY OF CZESTOCHOWA AND ST CASIMIR, DEVONIA ROAD
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1293022
- Date first listed:
- 30-Sept-1994
- List Entry Name:
- Roman Catholic Church of Our Lady of Czestochowa and St Casimir
- Statutory Address 1:
- ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH OF OUR LADY OF CZESTOCHOWA AND ST CASIMIR, DEVONIA ROAD
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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:
- ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH OF OUR LADY OF CZESTOCHOWA AND ST CASIMIR, DEVONIA ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Greater London Authority
- District:
- Islington (London Borough)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- TQ 31825 83398
Details
ISLINGTON
TQ3183SE DEVONIA ROAD 635-1/65/1016 Roman Catholic Church of Our Lady of Czestochowa and St. Casimir
II
Roman Catholic Church (formerly New Church College). Originally built for the New Jerusalem church (Swedenborgians). Schoolroom, mission hall and accommodation begun 1852 to the designs of Edward Welch. Chapel and south wing begun 1865 to the designs of Finch Hill and Paraive, built by Dove brothers, completed 1867. White brick with stone facade. Gabled west front faced in Kentish rag with ashlar dressings. Gothic style pointed arch porch above recessed entrance with large perpendicular window above, flanked by staircase towers, buttressed and pinnacled. Wings faced in ashlar: three storeys plus attic and basement. 5-light mullioned windows, those to left with cusped heads. Chapel comprises tall rectangular nave with organ gallery at west end. Internally lined with limestone; open timber roof. Reredos designed by Alexander Payne and carved in Caen store by Martyn and Emms of Cheltenham, installed 1879. Vivid stained glass windows by Polish artist and soldier Prof. Adam Bunsch depicting the the struggle for Polish sovereignty, installed 1945. Painting behind the alter also by Bunsch. Stained glass in clerestory and East window 1952-3 by Stanley Higgins. Bronze bas-relief of the Stations of the Cross by J.Z. Henelt 1945. South wall pierced by arched openings giving access to low-ceilinged side chapel (originally a school room). Home of the Polish Roman Catholic Mission since 1930. (RCHM: Islington Chapels).
Listing NGR: TQ3182583398
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 368859
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Temple, P, Islington chapels an architectural guide to nonconformist and Roman Catholic places of worship in the London Borough of Islington, (1992)
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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