St Mary's Roman Catholic Church, Lanark

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St Mary's Church
St Mary's Roman Catholic Church
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St Mary's Roman Catholic Church, Lanark
55°40′20″N3°46′23″W / 55.672268°N 3.773062°W / 55.672268; -3.773062
Location Lanark, South Lanarkshire
CountryScotland
Denomination Roman Catholic
Membership1280 [1]
Website www.stmaryslanark.org.uk
History
Founded1859 (1859)
Architecture
Heritage designationCategory A Listed Building
Completed1910
Administration
Archdiocese Glasgow
Diocese Motherwell
Parish Lanark
Clergy
Bishop(s) Joseph Toal [2]
Priest(s) Reverend James Thomson [1]

St Mary's Church is a Roman Catholic church in Lanark, South Lanarkshire, Scotland.

The church building [3] and presbytery [4] are Category A listed buildings. Also listed in Category A is the L-shaped school building to the north of the west end of the church. [5]

The entrance gates to the church grounds [6] and the Sisters of Charity convent, [7] which form part of the St Mary's Church site, are Category C listed buildings.

In September 2011, the two-storey Hall that stood on Ladyacre Road was badly damaged by fire and was later demolished. [8]

References

  1. 1 2 "St Mary's Church". Diocese of Motherwell. Retrieved 15 May 2014.
  2. ↑ "Pope Francis appoints new Bishop of Motherwell". Scottish Catholic Media Office. 29 April 2014. Archived from the original on 29 April 2014. Retrieved 15 May 2014.
  3. ↑ Historic Environment Scotland. "St Mary's RC Church, St Vincent Place (Category A Listed Building LB37062)" . Retrieved 28 March 2019.
  4. ↑ Historic Environment Scotland. "St Mary's Presbytery St Vincent Place (Category A Listed Building LB37066)" . Retrieved 28 March 2019.
  5. ↑ Historic Environment Scotland. "St Mary's Church Hall, St Vincent Place (Category A Listed Building LB37065)" . Retrieved 28 March 2019.
  6. ↑ Historic Environment Scotland. "Gates to St Mary's Precinct, St Vincent Place (Category C Listed Building LB37064)" . Retrieved 28 March 2019.
  7. ↑ Historic Environment Scotland. "Sisters of Charity Convent, St Vincent Place (Category C Listed Building LB37063)" . Retrieved 28 March 2019.
  8. ↑ "Lanark church hall badly damaged in fire". BBC News. 21 September 2011. Retrieved 15 May 2014.


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