OS grid reference TQ2717177759 Country United Kingdom Opened 23 October 1895 | Denomination Roman Catholic Phone +44 20 7352 0777 | |
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Website HolyRedeemerChelsea.co.uk Dedication Christ the RedeemerThomas More Similar St Mary's - Cadogan Street, Our Lady of Victories - Kensington, Chelsea Old Church, Our Most Holy Redeemer, Deutsche Evangelische Christuskirche | ||
The Church of Our Most Holy Redeemer and St Thomas More, also referred to as Holy Redeemer Church, is a Roman Catholic Parish church in Chelsea, London. it was built in the 19th century and opened on 23 October 1895. It was designed by Edward Goldie. It is situated on the corner of Upper Cheyne Row and Cheyne Row, next to Carlyle's House in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. It is a Grade II listed building.
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Construction
In the early 1890s, Cardinal Herbert Vaughan requested Canon Cornelius James Keens to go to Chelsea and create a mission to serve the local Catholic population. In 1892 Canon Keens obtained permission from the Archdiocese of Westminster to build a church in the area. Originally, it was to be called the Church of the Most Holy Redeemer. The foundation stone was laid on 7 June 1894 and the church was opened on 23 October 1895. The church was consecrated on 21 June 1905 by Cardinal Francis Bourne.
Renamed
The dedication of the church was changed in 1935 after Thomas More was canonised. It became the Church of the Most Holy Redeemer and St Thomas More.
Repair and renovation
In September 1940, during World War Two, the church was damaging by a bomb. It killed nineteen people. The west wall and organ were destroyed. After the war, the church was repaired.
In 1962, the restoration work was undertaken in the church. From 1970 to 1972, the church was reordered. The floor of the chancel was relaid, so that the altar could be brought towards the congregation and a marble ambo was installed. In 1980 a new font was also installed to match the ambo.
Parish
The church has five Sunday Masses, at 6:30 pm on Saturday, 10:00 am and 11:00 am on Sunday and 12:15 pm and 6:30 pm on Sunday. It also has weekday Masses at 8:00am in the morning from Monday to Friday.