Our Lady of the Annunciation Church, King's Lynn

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Our Lady of the Annunciation Church
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Our Lady of the Annunciation Church, King's Lynn
Coordinates: 52°44′54″N0°24′08″E / 52.7482°N 0.4023°E / 52.7482; 0.4023
OS grid reference TF62231943
Location King's Lynn
CountryUnited Kingdom
Denomination Roman Catholic
Website Official website
History
StatusActive
Founded10 May 1844
Dedication Our Lady of the Annunciation
Consecrated 8 May 1845
Architecture
Functional status Parish church
Heritage designation Grade II
Designated7 November 2022
Architect(s) Augustus Pugin
J. William Lunn
Style Gothic Revival
Groundbreaking 29 September 1896
Completed2 June 1897
Construction cost£3,000
Administration
Province Westminster
Diocese East Anglia
Deanery St Wilfrid's [1]
Parish King's Lynn

Our Lady of the Annunciation Church is a Roman Catholic parish church in King's Lynn, Norfolk, England. It was built in 1897, but incorporates parts of the former church on the same site that was built in 1845 and designed by Augustus Pugin. It is located on the corner of London Road and North Everard Street in the centre of the town. Its construction was partially paid for by the then Prince of Wales, Edward VII. It was also the national shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham until 1934. It is now a pontifical shrine, [2] and was awarded Grade II listed status in 2022.

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History

First church

In 1802, a mission was started in King's Lynn by a French priest, Fr le Goff. He was succeeded by another French priest, Fr Dacheux. In 1822, a chapel was built in Coronation Square. In 1839, six acres of land was bought on London Road for a new church. The priest who commissioned the church was Fr John Dalton. He paid Augustus Pugin to design the church. On 10 May 1844, the foundation stone of the church was laid. On 8 May 1845, the church was consecrated by Bishop William Wareing, the Vicar Apostolic of the Eastern District and later the first Bishop of Northampton. There were plans to build a tower and spire, but they were never built. When it was opened the church only had a nave and a chancel. The north aisle was added later. The capacity of the church was 200 people and it came to a total cost of £1,500. In 1849, a presbytery was built next door. [3]

Current church

By the end of the 19th century, the church was in very poor condition. Its foundations were not solid and cracks were appearing. The priest at the time was Fr George Wrigglesworth. He received complaints from the then Prince of Wales, the future Edward VII, that the church was in such a bad state that Catholic guests at Sandringham House were being inconvenienced when they came to the church for Mass, so the Prince of Wales paid the architect J. William Lunn to report on the state of the church. [3] Lunn had designed other Catholic churches such as St Edmund's Church, Southampton, Corpus Christi Church, Boscombe, Corpus Christi Church in Portsmouth and St Catherine's Church in Chipping Campden. Lunn reported that the church was damaged so much that it could not be repaired. The church was then rebuilt, and designed by Lunn who saved some pieces from the old church such as the rood, font, and the stained glass and reused them. On 29 September 1896, the foundation stone was laid. On 2 June 1897, the church was opened by Arthur Riddell, the Bishop of Northampton. The builder was W. Hubbard of East Dereham and the total cost of the new church was £3,000, of which the Prince of Wales contributed 50 guineas. [3] [4]

Shrine

In 1896, at Walsingham, Charlotte Pearson Boyd bought the Slipper Chapel, which is now the Basilica of Our Lady of Walsingham, and restored it. [5] [6] Before the opening of Our Lady of the Annunciation Church, Fr Wrigglesworth visited Loreto and saw the Basilica della Santa Casa. In 1897, Our Lady of the Annunciation Church in King's Lynn opened and included a Lady Chapel that was built as a replica of the Holy House within the Basilica della Santa Casa. [7] The same year, Pope Leo XIII officially established the shrine inside the Lady Chapel as the shrine to Our Lady of Walsingham. The pope blessed a statue of the Mary, a replica of the one in Santa Maria in Cosmedin and crafted in Oberammergau, and it was put in the Lady Chapel in the church. It arrived on 19 August 1897 and was processed from the train station to the church. The following day, on 20 August 1897, the first public pilgrimage to Walsingham, since the Reformation, was done by a group of 40–50 people. It was from the church in King's Lynn to the Slipper Chapel in Walsingham. [7] On 15 May 1900, the altar in the shrine was consecrated by Bishop Riddell. It was designed by Joseph Aloysius Pippet. In 1934, the Slipper Chapel in Walsingham became the national shrine to Our Lady of Walsingham, and the shrine in Our Lady of the Annunciation Church became a pontifical shrine. [8] [9]

Historic England listed the church at Grade II on 7 November 2022. [10] This status is given to "nationally important buildings of special interest". [11]

Parish

Our Lady of the Annunciation Church is in the same parish as Holy Family Church in King's Lynn. Both churches have two Sunday masses, Our Lady of the Annunciation Church at 6:00pm on Saturday and at 11:00am on Sunday, and Holy Family Church a mass of the Syro-Malabar Church at 4:30pm on Saturday, and at 9:30am on Sunday. [1]

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