Historic churches · London
Our Lady of Victories
Our Lady of Victories — a Grade II*-listed church in england-london, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 30 min–1 h
- Free entry
- Wheelchair accessible
About
Our Lady of Victories is a Grade II*-listed building in england-london, United Kingdom. Grade II* status is conferred by Historic England (or Cadw, Historic Environment Scotland or NIEA equivalents) on buildings of exceptional national interest. See the linked Wikipedia article for full historical and architectural details.
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From the Wikipedia article
Our Lady of Victories, in Kensington, London, is a Roman Catholic church. The original church opened in 1869, and for 34 years to 1903 served as pro-cathedral of the Archdiocese of Westminster. That building was destroyed by bombing in 1940: its successor, which survives, opened in 1959. The church stands at 235a Kensington High Street, Kensington, in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea.
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Background
Architecture
The present re-built church was built in 1957, to designs by Adrian Gilbert Scott, incorporating a 1930s entrance screen by Joseph Goldie. It has been a Grade II listed building since 2016. A War Damage Commission grant enabled the creation of a set of stained-glass windows by C. F. Blakeman. In the 1980s Fr Walter Drumm moved the large Bavarian crucifix above the sanctuary to the western aisle, where it serves as the twelfth Station of the Cross, and installed above the sanctuary a bronzed sculpture of the Risen Christ by Michael Clark, whose father, Lindsay, had sculpted the statue of Our Lady, help of Christians above the entrance arch on the High Street. Today the sculpture by Clark has…
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- Coordinates
- 51.4987, -0.1974
- District
- Kensington and Chelsea
- Parish
- Kensington and Chelsea, unparished area
- Postcode
- W8 6AE
- Parliamentary constituency
- Kensington and Bayswater
- Official site
- www.rbkc.gov.uk
Sources
- wikidata: Q7110978 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Our Lady of Victories, Kensington (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Our Lady of Victories?
- Our Lady of Victories is in London, United Kingdom (postcode W8 6AE), in the parish of Kensington and Chelsea, unparished area.
- Is Our Lady of Victories a listed building?
- Our Lady of Victories is officially recognised as Grade II* listed.
- Is Our Lady of Victories free to visit?
- Yes, Our Lady of Victories is free to enter.
- How do I get to Our Lady of Victories?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode W8 6AE. It sits within the Kensington and Bayswater parliamentary constituency.