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OS grid reference SX9203492439
Location Exeter, Devon
Country United Kingdom
Denomination Roman Catholic
Website ExeterSacredHeart.talktalk.net
History
Status Parish church
Dedication Sacred Heart
Architecture
Functional status Active
Heritage designation Grade II listed
Designated 18 June 1974
Architect(s) Leonard Stokes
Style Gothic Revival
Groundbreaking 1883
Completed 18 November 1884
Administration
Deanery Exeter
Diocese Plymouth
Province Southwark

Sacred Heart Church is a Roman Catholic Parish church in Exeter, Devon, England. It was built from 1883 to 1884 and designed by Leonard Stokes. It is situated on the corner of South Street and Bear Street, close to Exeter Cathedral in the centre of the city. It is a Gothic Revival church and a Grade II listed building.

History

Foundation

Before the church was built, Roman Catholics congregated for Mass in rooms of houses. The site of the church was previously the Bear Tavern, which before the Dissolution of the Monasteries was the town house of the abbots of Tavistock Abbey. After its completion, the Catholic followers in the city moved from St Nicholas' Priory which was where they previously worshipped.

Construction

Building work on the church started in 1883. The foundation stone was laid by William Vaughan, Bishop of Plymouth. It is the earliest surviving architectural work of Leonard Stokes. At the time, he was in a business partnership with C. E. Ware. On 18 November 1884, the church was opened. Inside, the church was made using materials such as Bath Corsham, Pocombe and Portland stone; the total construction cost approximately £10,000. In 1926, the church tower was completed. Originally designed as a pointed spire, the 140 feet (43 m) flat-top tower contains a bell of 51 kilograms (112 lb).

Parish

The church has three Sunday Masses: 5:30 p.m. on Saturday and 9:30 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. on Sunday. There is also a Polish Mass at 2:30 p.m. every Sunday of the month and a Syro-Malabar Mass at 6:00 p.m. every third Sunday of the month. During weekdays there is a 10:00 a.m. Mass from Monday to Saturday.

Exterior

  • Catholic Church of the Sacred Heart, Exeter - geograph.org.uk - 1135110

    Church tower

  • Sacred Heart RC Church, Exeter (3)

    Side chapel

Images for kids

  • The Church of the Sacred Heart, South Street, Exeter

    South side

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