Listed Building record TR 36 NE 2008 - ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH OF OUR LADY STAR OF THE SEA

Summary

Grade II listed building. Main construction periods 1930 to 1961

Location

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

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Full Description

The following text is from the original listed building designation:
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


English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.

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Record last edited

Feb 19 2008 12:26PM