Description

ISLINGTON

TQ3183SE DEVONIA ROAD
635-1/65/1016 Roman Catholic Church of Our Lady of
Czestochowa and St. Casimir

II

Roman Catholic Church (formerly New Church College).
Originally built for the New Jerusalem church
(Swedenborgians). Schoolroom, mission hall and accommodation
begun 1852 to the designs of Edward Welch. Chapel and south
wing begun 1865 to the designs of Finch Hill and Paraive,
built by Dove brothers, completed 1867. White brick with stone
facade. Gabled west front faced in Kentish rag with ashlar
dressings. Gothic style pointed arch porch above recessed
entrance with large perpendicular window above, flanked by
staircase towers, buttressed and pinnacled. Wings faced in
ashlar: three storeys plus attic and basement. 5-light
mullioned windows, those to left with cusped heads. Chapel
comprises tall rectangular nave with organ gallery at west
end. Internally lined with limestone; open timber roof.
Reredos designed by Alexander Payne and carved in Caen store
by Martyn and Emms of Cheltenham, installed 1879. Vivid
stained glass windows by Polish artist and soldier Prof. Adam
Bunsch depicting the the struggle for Polish sovereignty,
installed 1945. Painting behind the alter also by Bunsch.
Stained glass in clerestory and East window 1952-3 by Stanley
Higgins. Bronze bas-relief of the Stations of the Cross by
J.Z. Henelt 1945. South wall pierced by arched openings giving
access to low-ceilinged side chapel (originally a school
room). Home of the Polish Roman Catholic Mission since 1930.
(RCHM: Islington Chapels).

Listing NGR: TQ3182583398

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26580986

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