St Patrick's Church, Soho Square

St Patrick's Church
Exterior of St Patrick's Church
St Patrick's Church
Address21a Soho Square, London, W1D 4NR
CountryUnited Kingdom
DenominationRoman Catholic
Websitewww.stpatricksoho.org
History
StatusChurch
FounderArthur O'Leary
DedicationSaint Patrick
Consecrated29 September 1792
20 September 1900
Architecture
ArchitectJohn Kelly
StyleItalian Renaissance
Groundbreaking18 June 1891
Completed17 March 1893
Administration
ArchdioceseWestminster
DioceseWestminster
Clergy
PriestAlexander Sherbrooke

St Patrick's Church is a large Roman Catholic parish church in Soho Square, London. St Pat's (as it is informally known) was consecrated as a chapel in a building behind Carlisle House on 29 September 1792, one of the first Catholic buildings allowed in Great Britain after the Reformation.

The present church building was built between 1891 and 1893, to designs by John Kelly of Leeds,[1] and replaced the earlier and smaller chapel built by Father Arthur O'Leary in the 1790s. The church has an unusual longish shape due to plot constrictions given at that time. The building is constructed out of bricks with a bell-tower. It is Grade II* listed.[2] The main entrance has a Roman-style porch with Corinthian columns. Above the entrance is an inscription: VT CHRISTIANI ITA ET ROMANI SITIS ("Ut christiani ita et romani sitis", i.e. “Be ye Christians as those of the Roman Church”). It is a quotation taken from the writings of St. Patrick.[3]

The building was closed for renovation and refurbishment between 28 February 2010 and 31 May 2011.[4] During the renovations, services were held in the nearby Chapel of St Barnabas, at The House of St Barnabas.

References

  1. ↑ Pevsner, Nikolaus; Cherry, Bridget (1973). London: The cities of London and Westminster. Penguin. p. 498. ISBN 978-0-14-071012-0.
  2. ↑ Historic England. "Roman Catholic Church Of St Patricks (1236286)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
  3. ↑ "St Patrick's in Rome". Retrieved 2 July 2011.
  4. ↑ St Patrick's Church Newsletter Archived 22 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 5 June 2011.

Further reading

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  • Parish website

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