Listed Building record MDO15381 - Roman Catholic Church of the Corpus Christi, Christchurch Road, Boscombe, Bournemouth
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Summary
A Roman Catholic Church in Early English style, red brick with stone dressings, built 1895-6, by J W Lunn of Great Malvern for Baroness Pauline von Hugel. The nave was lengthened and tall tower with octagonal belfry added in 1932-5, by W C Mangan.
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1895-6, J W Lunn of Great Malvern for Baroness Pauline von Hugel. Tall tower with octagonal belfry, 1932-5 by W C Mangan, who also lengthened nave. Early English style, red brick with stone dressings, 6-bay nave with double-chamfered arches on octagonal columns, paired lancets to aisles with hoodmould and stringcourse, lancet clerestory. Polygonal south-west baptistry, 2 polygonal chapels off aisles. Chancel of 2 bays with polygonal apse, detached stone colonnettes of inner arches of lancets carried down to stringcourse just above altar. Apse also to south chapel, transeptal north chapel. Brass to Baroness von Hugel (died 1901) by Hardman.
Sources/Archives (1)
- --- SWX4461 Scheduling record: Department of the Environment. 15-Feb-1994. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest: Borough of Bournemouth amendment 1994. Vol 768.
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred SZ 12085 91980 (42m by 55m) |
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| Map sheet | SZ19SW |
| Unitary Authority | Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole |
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Record last edited
May 14 2020 11:16AM
