Sacred Heart Church, Teddington facts for kids
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Sacred Heart Church viewed from Langdon Park
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| Location | Teddington |
| Country | England |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Website | sacredheartteddington.wordpress.com/ |
| History | |
| Status | Church |
| Founded | 1893 |
| Dedication | Sacred Heart of Jesus |
| Consecrated | 14 June 1944 |
| Events | Extended 1934–35, adding presbytery |
| Architecture | |
| Functional status | Active |
| Architect(s) | John Kelly |
| Style | Classical |
| Completed | 1893 |
| Administration | |
| Parish | Teddington and Hampton Wick |
| Deanery | Upper Thames |
| Archdiocese | Westminster |
| Province | Westminster |
The Sacred Heart Church is a Roman Catholic church in Teddington, a town in southwest London. It serves the Catholic people of Teddington and the nearby area of Hampton Wick. The church is part of a larger group of churches called the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Westminster.
You can find the church at 262 Kingston Road. It's located about halfway between Kingston Bridge and the Teddington Lock Footbridge.
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History of the Church
Early Days
Long ago, starting in the late 1700s, there were fields near the River Thames used for bleaching linen. A few Catholic families worked there. For a long time, there was no local Catholic church for them to attend.
In 1882, a temporary chapel was opened in Hampton Wick. Then, in 1884, a Catholic school was built in Teddington. The ground floor was used as the school, and the upstairs was used as a chapel until a proper church could be built.
Building a New Church
The Sacred Heart Church was designed by an architect named John Kelly. He designed it in a Classical style, which was inspired by buildings from ancient Greece and Rome. It was built with brick and had stone details.
The church officially opened in 1893. It was big enough for 200 people. The original building had a main hall called the nave, side passages called aisles, and a small, curved area at the front for the altar, known as an apsidal chancel.
Between 1934 and 1935, the church was made bigger. Two more sections were added to the building. This extension also included a presbytery, which is a house for the church's priests.
The Church and its Community
The Parish Area
A church's parish is the local area and community it serves. The parish of Sacred Heart covers Teddington and Hampton Wick. Its boundary follows the River Thames in the east and south. To the west, it goes through the large parks of Home Park and Bushy Park. The northern edge of the parish runs along Teddington Park Road.
The Church School
The parish has a close connection with the Sacred Heart Primary School. The first school was run by a small group of nuns, the Sisters of Charity of St. Paul. They started their work in Hampton Wick around 1885.
In 1910, the nuns moved their convent school, called St. Paul's, to a building right next to the church on Kingston Road. The parish school, Sacred Heart, later moved from its original building to its current spot on St. Mark's Road in 1963.
In 2006, the church sold an old parish hall. The money was used to build new community rooms, which are used for events and gatherings.
