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Church of Our Lady of the Assumption, Englefield Green - Wikipedia

Coordinates: 51°25′44″N 0°34′01″W / 51.428866°N 0.566813°W

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Church of Our Lady of the Assumption
Church of Our Lady of the Assumption, Englefield Green
West side of church

51°25′44″N 0°34′01″W / 51.428866°N 0.566813°W / 51.428866; -0.566813
Location	Englefield Green, Surrey
Country	United Kingdom
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Website	PoEgham.wordpress.com
History
Former name(s)	St Cuthbert Church
Status	Active
Founded	1903
Founder(s)	A. K. Rideout; refounded by Jurgens family
Dedication	Assumption of Mary
Dedicated	20 September 1931
Consecrated	20 September 1931
Architecture
Functional status	Parish church
Architect(s)	Joseph Goldie
Architectural type	Nave with small chapels and belfry tower
Style	Italian Romanesque
Years built	1930 to 1931
Groundbreaking	25 October 1930
Completed	10 September 1931
Administration
Province	Southwark
Diocese	Arundel and Brighton
Deanery	Weybridge^[1]
Parish	St Cuthbert, Egham

The Church of Our Lady of the Assumption is a Roman Catholic church in Englefield Green, Surrey. It is situated on St Cuthbert's Close and faces Harvest Road in the older side of the village close to Egham Hill. It was built from 1930 to 1931 and designed by Joseph Goldie. Although the church is not a listed building, English Heritage, in two separate reports, stated "this is a thumping great church"^[2] and "many churches were being built in the Romanesque style in the 1930s ... but Goldie's church is better composed and more competently detailed than most."^[3]

History

Foundation

In 1903, a priest came at least weekly from Twickenham to serve local Catholics in Englefield Green. Mass was held in a small chapel of an iron framework within the grounds of Sandylands, the home of Major General Arthur Kennedy Rideout who also arranged transport for the priest. In 1907, a larger wooden church was built on Harvest Road, named St Cuthbert's Church. The chapel at Sandylands was moved and attached to the church.^[4]

Construction

In the late 1920s, Gerard and Miriam Jurgens bought the site for a new church and paid its construction. The foundation stone was laid on 25 October 1930. On 20 September the next year, the church was opened. It is in an Italian basilica style and was designed by Joseph Goldie, son of Edward Goldie and grandson of George Goldie. He designed the Church of Our Lady and St Peter in Leatherhead.^[3] The Jurgens family asked for the dedication to be changed to the Assumption of Our Lady. After the church was built, the old wooden church was attached to the new church and became the parish hall.^[4]

Architecture

Exterior

The church is in the form of a basilica with a polygonal sanctuary. A tower rounds off the southeast side. Chapels grace both transepts. The building is painted white and has Roman tiles on the roof. There is a priest's house to the east of the church and a parish hall to the south, all painted white similar to the church.^[3]

Interior

The church has a nave with narrow central aisle and cloistered aisles to the sides. The entire interior is painted.^[3] Above the main altar is a painting of the Assumption of Mary by the Spanish artist Antonio Palomino, painted in the seventeenth century. The organ was given to the church by David Greig, owner of the supermarket chain.^[4]

Parish

The church is in the parish of Saint Cuthbert, which includes the Saint John of Rochester Church in Egham Hythe and the Catholic chaplaincy to the nearby Royal Holloway College of the University of London:

St John of Rochester Church has two Masses, at 6:00 pm on Saturday and at 9:15 am on Sunday.

Our Lady holds Mass at 11:00 am on Sunday.

Royal Holloway holds Mass at 7:30 pm on Sunday.^[1]

Interior

Interior
Altar
Organ

References

^ ^a ^b Deaneries from Diocese of Arundel and Brighton. Retrieved 17 February 2015
^ Architectural and Historic Review of Churches in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Arundel and Brighton from Diocese of Arundel and Brighton. Retrieved 20 February 2015
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Englefield Green – The Assumption of Our Lady from English Heritage. Retrieved 20 February 2015
^ ^a ^b ^c History from PoEgham.wordpress.com. Retrieved 20 February 2015

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