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 St Osmund's Roman Catholic Church - Essex Street, Salisbury, UK
N 51° 03.881 W 001° 47.616
30U E 584533 N 5657710
St Osmund's is a Roman Catholic Grade II listed church located on the east side of Essex Street in Salisbury. It was built in 1847-8 to the designs of A W N Pugin a gothic revivalist architect of the day.
Waymark Code: WM137PN
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 10/05/2020
Views: 1
The
Wiltshire
Council website tells us about the church and catholicism in
Salisbury:
It was recorded that there were Roman Catholics in
Salisbury before 1672 but the first Jesuit priest, James Weldon,
did not arrive in the city until 1765. He was suceeded in 1767
by James Porter, who was chaplain to Raymond Arundell whose
house became a mass centre in Salisbury. By 1780 there was a
congregation of 40 to 50 people meeting at the Arundell's house.
After 1792 a chapel was created in the attic of Mary Arundell's
house in the Square, later St. Thomas's Square, and the
congregation increased. They also provided shelter for emigant
priests from France.The Catholic Arundell family of Wardour
Castle provided moral and financial backing for Roman Catholic
churches in the county for around 150 years.
In 1797 the house of Thomas Peniston in The Close was certified
for worship with the Abbe Nicholis Begin but the Cathedral
Chapter objected. Begin then registered a house in Brown Street.
In 1814 this was replaced by St. Martin's Chapel, partly
financed by Lord Arundell, in St. Martin's Lane. Begin, who
undertook much charitable work among the poor, died in 1826. The
first meeting to consider the replacement of St. Martin's, which
was now too small, took place on 26th October 1846. John
Lambert, who was later to become the first Catholic mayor of a
cathedral city since the Reformation, was the driving force in
the project. A site in Exeter Street, owned by congregation
member John Peniston, was chosen and the benediction of the
foundation stone took place on 8th April 1847. The consecration
and opening ceremony took place on the 6th and 7th September and
the parish was officially established. The church was designed
by A.W. Pugin and much of the cost borne by John Lambert, who
had spent his early life at Wardour. In 1851 the average
congregation was 170, who lived throughout southern Wiltshire.
In an 1865 record of the parish there were 202 people from the
parish and 28 from Amesbury, Odstock, Wilton and Barford St.
Martin. It was estimated that of these 230 there were probably
about 25% who were non-Catholic spouses or doubtful
practitioners.
The widowed Lady Elizabeth Herbert had been received into the
Catholic church at Palermo and on her return to England became
patron of the Salisbury mission. She provided the money for a
permanent priest and established a parish school beside the
church. In the late 19th century Salisbury experienced rapid
growth in population and St. Osmund's became too small for its
congregation. In 1894 a north aisle extension was planned and
built and the congregation continued to grow. In 1932 Father
Hyland arrived and was to remain at the church for 32 years.
Although something of an eccentric he was a figure of authourity
and influential in the parish, becoming a canon. St. Osmund's
now covers only the centre and south of the city as there are
now three Roman Catholic parishes in the city. |
St
Osmund's is a Grade II listed building with the entry at the Historic
England website advising:
| Built 1847-48 by Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin.
Coursed flint with stone dressings. South west tower with
pyramid slate roof. Large gable over nave, slate roof. The north
aisle with lower gable an addition of 1894 by D Webb. Interior
arcades with foliate capitals low. Altar in south chapel by
Pugin, elaborate font, with fleur-de-lys in quatrefoils. Stained
glass: east and 2 south windows by Pugin, made by Hardman of
Birmingham one of south windows inscribed "ex voto" by Pugin,
dated 1850. |
A
blue plaque on the church further informs us:
Salisbury Civic Society
A W N Pugin
1812 - 1852
Gothic Revivalist
designed this church in 1847-8 and
converted to Roman Catholicism
in Salisbury 1835
St Osmund's Church |
Type of Church: Church
Status of Building: Actively in use for worship
Date of organization: 09/07/1847
Date of building construction: 04/08/1847
Dominant Architectural Style: Gothic Revivalist
Diocese: Clifton
Address/Location:
Exeter Street
Salisbury, Wiltshire United Kingdom
Relvant Web Site: [Web Link]
Associated Shrines, Art, etc.: Not listed
Archdiocese: Not listed
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