St Paul's Church, Dover facts for kids
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| Location | Dover, Kent |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Website | ParishoftheGoodShepherd.co.uk |
| History | |
| Status | Parish church |
| Dedication | Saint Paul |
| Architecture | |
| Functional status | Active |
| Architect(s) | E. W. Pugin |
| Style | Gothic Revival |
| Groundbreaking | 1867 |
| Completed | 15 May 1868 |
| Construction cost | £2300 |
| Administration | |
| Parish | Good Shepherd |
| Deanery | Dover |
| Archdiocese | Southwark |
| Province | Southwark |
St Paul's Church is a Roman Catholic church in Dover, Kent, England. It was built from 1867 to 1868. It is situated on Maison Dieu Road, north of Pencester Gardens in the centre of the town. It is a Gothic Revival church designed by E.W. Pugin.
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History
Origin
In 1822, a mission started in the town that ministered to Catholics in the area and Mass was said in a house, 45 Snargate Street.
In 1834, a location had to be bought, because Mass was being said in the loft of a house on St James' Street, and it was not large to hold everybody there. A former Wesleyan chapel in Elizabeth Street was bought for the Catholics to worship in. It was bought for £425 and it cost £400 to renovate. A further £350 was paid for an adjacent presbytery. In May 1935, new chapel was opened. Yet, less than 30 years later, with the increasing population in the area, a new site needed to be found to accommodate the larger Catholic congregation.
Construction
In 1864, the present site on Maison Dieu Road was bought for £450. In 1867, construction of the church began. Construction of the church started in 1867 and cost £2300. Much of the money for the new building came from an endowment from the estate of Mary Winifred St Martin, Countess de Front (died 1830). She was the wife of Philip St Martin, Count de Front (died 1812), an ambassador of the Kingdom of Sardinia to the Court of St James's. On 15 May 1868, Thomas Grant the Bishop of Southwark opened the church.
In 1872, a school was built next to the church and a year later, in 1873, an apse was added to the church.
Parish
Very close to the church is St Edmund's Chapel, it was built in 1262, but was dissolved in 1544. In the 1960s, efforts were made to restore it, achieved primarily through the efforts of Fr Terrence Tanner, parish priest of St Paul's Church from 1958 to 1970. The chapel is owned by The St Edmund of Abingdon Memorial Trust.
In 2015, together with St Finbarr's Church in Aylesham, the church became part of the parish of the Good Shepherd.
St Paul's Church has two Sunday Masses, they are at 6:00pm on Saturday and 9:15am on Sunday.
