| St Mary and St Modwen Church | |
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| St Mary and St Modwen Catholic Church | |
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 St Mary and St Modwen Church | |
| 52°48′18″N1°37′59″W / 52.805°N 1.633°W /52.805; -1.633 | |
| Location | Burton upon Trent |
| Country | England |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Website | MaryandModwen.org.uk |
| History | |
| Status | Parish church |
| Dedication | Saint Mary,Saint Modwen |
| Architecture | |
| Functional status | Active |
| Heritage designation | Grade II listed |
| Designated | 22 February 2016[1] |
| Architect | John Edgar Young |
| Style | Gothic Revival |
| Groundbreaking | 16 May 1878 |
| Completed | 27 August 1879 |
| Construction cost | £4,000 |
| Administration | |
| Province | Birmingham |
| Archdiocese | Birmingham |
| Deanery | Lichfield and Walsall[2] |
| Parish | Burton on Trent |
St Mary and St Modwen Church is aRoman Catholicparish church inBurton upon Trent, Staffordshire, England. It was built from 1878 to 1879, to designs possibly byJohn Edgar Young in theGothic Revival style. The church is on Guild Street in the town centre. It is aGrade II listed building.[1]
After theReformation, a notable recusant in Burton wasThomas Paget, 3rd Baron Paget who died in 1590. Over the following two centuries a number of Catholics in Burton were fined. In 1794, St Francis de Sales Chapel was built inYoxall and Catholics travelled there from Burton to celebrateMass. In the 1830s, amission was started in Burton from Yoxall by the priest Fr James Jeffries. Initially, the mission was in amalt house behind the Crown pub on the High Street. Later it was in a cottage behind the Old White Lion on the corner of Lichfield Street and Fleet Street. Fr Jeffries' successor, Fr Patrick O'Sullivan bought the current site of the church. On the site, aGothic Revival building that combined a school and a chapel was built. In June 1852, the chapel was opened.[3]
With the increasing local Catholic population of Burton, a new larger church needed to be built. The priest, Fr C. McCabe commissioned a Mr Young of London to plan a new church. According toHistoric England, this possibly was John Edgar Young, the son ofJohn Young.Archibald Matthias Dunn was consulted about building the church, but his design was rejected for being too expensive. Instead, J. Knight Morley, who previously worked withE. W. Pugin, was asked about the church and he modified Young's plans. On 16 May 1878, the foundation stone was laid by theBishop of BirminghamWilliam Bernard Ullathorne. Construction of the church was done by Messrs Lowe and Sons and was delayed by the late delivery of columns made ofConnemara marble. On 27 August 1879, the church was opened in a ceremony whereCardinal Henry Manning,Archbishop of Westminster, preached. The church cost £4,000 and was partially funded by Francis Mosley Spilsbury fromWillington. Thehigh altar was carved by John Roddis of Birmingham. In 1898, the altar in the Sacred Heart chapel was installed. In 1901, the altar in the Lady Chapel was added. Both altars were built byRichard Lockwood Boulton. In 1902, the chapel windows were installed. They were built byFranz Mayer of Munich. In 1910, the original school-chapel was replaced by a new school that later became the current parish centre.[3]
St Mary and St Modwen Church has its ownparish. The church has three SundayMasses at 9:00am, 11:00am and 6:00pm.[2]
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