Listed Building: ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH OF OUR LADY STAR OF THE SEA (1267330)

Grade II
Authority
Volume/Map/Item 874, 5, 200
Date assigned 19 January 1982
Date last amended

Description

BROADSTAIRS ROAD 1. 5283 BROADSTAIRS Roman Catholic Church of our Lady Star of the Sea TR 36 NE 5/200 II 2. 1950-1, by Sir Giles Scott. Completed 1961. Flint with stone dressings; pantiled roof. All faces of the N tower with 2 narrow lancets and chequered brick tympanum set within a tall blank arch. Broad 7-bay domestic looking nave with 4-light windows and open trussed roof. 2nd bay from that opens out, on the N, to a transeptal Sacred Heart altar and, on the S, to a similar transeptal Lady Chapel, each with a 2-light window. The westernmost bays are shallow transept-like 'chapels' containing, on the N, the confessional and, on the S, the baptistry. To the W, beyond a broad round unchamfered arch, the narthex with gallery above. Immensely high apsidal chancel, top lit from E and W. Lowish broad chancel arch. Altar rails and pulpit splendidly carved in C17 style. Pews of simple design. Listing NGR: TR3797168095

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  • Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest.

Map

Location

Grid reference TR 3878 6799 (point)
Map sheet TR36NE
Civil Parish BROADSTAIRS AND ST PETERS, THANET, KENT

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Record last edited

Nov 16 2006 9:41AM