Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Church, Lealholm

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Our Lady of the Sacred Heart is a Catholic church in Lealholm, a village in North Yorkshire, in England.

In the early 20th century, Lealholm was in the parish of St Hedda's Church, Egton Bridge. A church was built in the village in 1932, to a Gothic revival design by the local architect W. R. Robinson. In 1948, it was given its own parish. Nikolaus Pevsner was critical of the building, describing it as "not a job to do any architect credit". [1] [2]

The church is built of stone, with a Welsh slate roof. It consists of a nave and sanctuary, with a gabled sacristry to the south. The church is on a steep north-south slope. The windows are lancets, and there is a cross atop the west gable. There is a simple interior with a king post roof, a pine altar and pulpit, stained glass figures in the windows, and wooden stations of the cross recessed in the walls. [1] [2]

References

  1. 1 2 Grenville, Jane; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2023) [1966]. Yorkshire: The North Riding. The Buildings of England. New Haven and London: Yale University Press. ISBN   978-0-300-25903-2.
  2. 1 2 "Lealholm – Our Lady and the Sacred Heart". Taking Stock. Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales. Retrieved 16 April 2025.

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