Our Lady of Sorrows Roman Catholic Church England, UK

Listed Building Description

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SU 9677 SE ETON ETON COURT

851/1/10006 Our Lady of Sorrows Roman Catholic Church

II

Roman Catholic church. 1914; by Alfred Lord Braye. Brick with rendered sides and Portland stone west front. Slate roof with gabled ends and circular roof lights. Italian Baroque style. PLAN: Rectangular on plan with entrance at west end, sanctuary at east end and chapels on the north and south sides lit from roof lights. EXTERIOR: Fine Portland stone west front, of 3 bays with Ionic giant pilasters, paired at ends, with entablature and balustrade on top and surmounted by aedicule with volutes and open pediment; central doorway with moulded eared architrave, panelled double doors and oval oculus above;similar architraves to flanking windows with bracketed cills. Blind east end and north and south walls, but with circular lights in roof . On the ridge of roof a wooden cupola. INTERIOR: Sanctuary and north and south chapels have round arches and marble Ionic pilasters; the chapels each have pedimented reredos and are lit by circular lights from above; the altar rails are marble balustrades. The interior fittings are said to have come from Frogmore Chapel, Windsor and from Braye's chapel at Stanford Hall, Leics., his family home; and the ormolu work on the altars is also said to have been designed by Braye. SOURCE: Buildings of England, p.319.

Listing NGR: SU9658477432