Sacred Heart Church, Caterham

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Sacred Heart Church
Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, Caterham
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Sacred Heart Church
Location in Surrey
51°17′15″N0°05′12″W / 51.287365°N 0.086702°W / 51.287365; -0.086702
OS grid reference TQ3348456029
Location Caterham, Surrey
CountryUnited Kingdom
Denomination Roman Catholic
Website CaterhamCatholic.co.uk
History
StatusActive
Founded24 August 1879 (1879-08-24)
Founder(s)Fr Francis Roe
Dedication Most Sacred Heart of Jesus
Architecture
Functional status Parish church
Heritage designation Grade II listed
Designated19 November 1984 [1]
Architect(s) Edward Ingress Bell
Style Gothic Revival
Groundbreaking 24 June 1880
Completed11 August 1881
Construction cost£5,000
Administration
Province Southwark
Diocese Arundel and Brighton
Deanery Redhill [2]

Sacred Heart Church or formally the Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus is a Roman Catholic parish church in Caterham, Surrey, England designed by Ingress Bell and built in 1881. It is situated between Essendene Road and Whyteleafe Road off the High Street. The building is Grade II listed. [3]

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Construction

In 1879, after a request from Francis Parson, a local Catholic, the Bishop of Southwark, James Danell, sent Fr Francis Roe to Caterham to serve as priest there. Hs first Mass was on 24 August 1879 in a local depot, [4] where army officers built a temporary chapel. Before this, a priest from Croydon travelled to Caterham to celebrate Mass for soldiers and local Catholics. [5]

On 24 June 1880, the foundation stone of the church was laid by Bishop Danell. Most of the construction was paid for by Fr Roe's father, Captain William Harriott Roe. The architect for the church was Ingress Bell, who also designed St Joseph Church in Guildford (demolished in the 1980s) in 1881. [4] He adopted the Early English Gothic Revival style and a cruciform plan. [5]

On 11 August 1881 the church was opened. The first Mass was celebrated by the Archbishop of Westminster, Cardinal Manning. [4]

Interior

Joseph Aloysius Pippet designed murals which illustrate the life of Jesus; they were painted around the apse, and windows built, by Hardman & Co.; the central apse window dates from 1881 and the murals and other windows from 1889. [3] [4] In 1907 it was stated that "[t]he sanctuary has been recently adorned with elegant mosaic pictures". [5]


Parish

The parish covers the Catholic population of Caterham, Whyteleafe and Godstone. The church celebrates a Mass every day, and three on Sundays. [2] [6] Services are livestreamed and recorded. [7] The Pippet murals were badly damaged by water ingress and attempts at repair; they were conserved and restored from 2015. [8] The church is a member of the Latin Mass Society of England and Wales. [6]

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References

  1. Historic England. "Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (1294941)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 23 July 2020.
  2. 1 2 "Deaneries of the Diocese". Roman Catholic Diocese of Arundel and Brighton. 2013. Archived from the original on 27 September 2013.
  3. 1 2 "Caterham – The Sacred Heart of Jesus". Taking Stock Catholic Churches of England and Wales. Retrieved 8 November 2023.
  4. 1 2 3 4 Lardeur, Ann (2016). "Church History". The Sacred Heart Church. Archived from the original on 19 August 2016.
  5. 1 2 3 Kelly 1907 , p. 119.
  6. 1 2 "Mass schedule, Sacred Heart, Caterham". Latin Mass Society Of England and Wales. Updated as required.
  7. "Caterham, Sacred Heart Parish - service schedule and link to recordings". ChurchServices.tv. Kept up to date to show coming week.
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