Category Archives: Churches

St Antonius, Basel

Posted on March 2, 2008 by Sally Stone

Created with Admarket’s flickrSLiDR. A concrete church. Architect: Karl Moser, 1927-1931. The church sits parallel to the street, continuing the edge of the block. The entrance is via a strange double-sided portico with stepped portals (one portal for the street, … Continue reading →

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Compare and Contrast

Posted on December 19, 2007 by Aventinus

Ph.D. candidate James Robertson is continuing his research into the early career of Jack Coia and has recently visited both the Sir Basil Spence exhibition in Edinburgh: Back to the Future (Dean Gallery, Edinburgh), and the Gillespie, Kidd & Coia … Continue reading →

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All Saints

Posted on November 1, 2007 by Sally Stone

Created with Admarket’s flickrSLiDR. All Saints RC Church, Hassop, Derbyshire. Designed by Joseph Ireland and built 1816-18: The design is in the severest Classical Revival style: a correct Etruscan temple front, tetrastyle, prostyle. (N. Pevsner, Buildings of England, Derbyshire)

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Censed

Posted on October 15, 2007 by Sally Stone

The Church of the Holy Name on Oxford Road (OK, opposite The Academy) was built by the Jesuits between 1869 and 1871 and is one of the great spaces of the University area. It has an unusually wide nave spanned … Continue reading →

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How to get ahead in the world

Posted on August 30, 2007 by Crompton

In 1923 Ninian Comper obtained the commission for his masterpiece: the conventual church of All Saints, London Colney. The convent had previously employed Leonard Stokes (1858-1925), why did they change architects? The reason may be found in ‘Sir Ninian Comper’ … Continue reading →

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Continuity loves Comper

Posted on August 28, 2007 by Aventinus

A recent biography of Sir Ninian Comper reasseses the career and reputation of this prolific church architect. The book ‘Sir Ninian Comper’ by Anthony Symondson and Stephen Bucknall is published by Spire Books, and you can read a review (from … Continue reading →

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Royan, France (not Royan, Iran)

Posted on August 16, 2007 by Aventinus

From Wikipedia: During the Second World War, two German fortresses defended the Gironde Estuary: Gironde Mündung Nord (or Royan) and Gironde Mündung Süd (or La Pointe de Grave). These constitued one of the Atlantic “pockets” which the Germans held on … Continue reading →

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The ‘sixties

Posted on July 12, 2007 by Sally Stone

Slideshow St Nicholas, Fleetwood, Lancashire Architect: Laurence King 1907-1981 Foundation stone laid 1960 West End incomplete.

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Lutyens in Liverpool

Posted on April 4, 2007 by Sally Stone

The exhibition of the great model of Lutyens’ project for Liverpool Roman Catholic Cathedral ends on 22 April (Walker Art Gallery website). The building is stupendous: buildings, pylons and aedicules piled up and punctuated by saints mounted on columns and … Continue reading →

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Francis Xavier Velarde

Posted on March 31, 2007 by Sally Stone

St Matthew, Clubmoor, Liverpool by Francis Xavier Velarde (1897-1960). “..built through the generosity of the late Captain Matthew Honan FRIBA…killed in action on November the 14th 1916”. Completed in 1930. The interior is reminiscent of German railway station architecture of … Continue reading →

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Folded Concrete

Posted on March 13, 2007 by Sally Stone

There are few reasons to visit Leyland in Lancashire these days: the qualities of the original village were long ago submerged in Central Lancastrian suburban sprawl. One fine product of the population expansion was the Roman Catholic Church of St … Continue reading →

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Heaven Up Here

Posted on January 16, 2007 by Sally Stone

Up close Historic buildings in the care of the Catholic Church in England and Wales have an uncertain future – particularly in inner urban areas where congregations and income have dramatically declined. English Heritage (link: Paradise Lost) admit the relative … Continue reading →

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