Church Of Our Lady Of Seven Dolours

SOUTHWARK

TQ3477SW BIRD IN BUSH ROAD 636-1/39/63 (North side) 27/09/72 Church of Our Lady of Seven Dolours

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Roman Catholic (Franciscan) church. 1864-66. Edward Welby Pugin. MATERIALS: stock brick with black brick and stone banding and other dressings; pitched slate roof above brick eaves cornice. PLAN: Gothic. EXTERIOR: tall nave and buttressed aisles. South west hipped-roofed entrance extension with mosaic in tympanum, possibly later build. North aisle has 1-storey extension eastwards with row of lancets. Small gabled extensions with rose windows to roof, at point where crossing might be. Gabled east end has large rose window above row of narrow lancets flanked by twin buttresses. Side aisles have smaller rose windows in similar style at east ends and narrow lancet aisle windows with continuous stone band at spring. Quatrefoil chancel clerestory windows. Friary in similar style attached to north. INTERIOR: plain, whitewashed; 5-bay nave arcade of narrow pointed arches. Chancel panelled in various coloured marbles. Arch braced panelled ceiling.

Listing NGR: TQ3438477425