Historic churches · Mid Wales
Roman Catholic Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel and attached Presbytery
In or near Lampeter.
Roman Catholic Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel and attached Presbytery in Wales Mid, United Kingdom.
Philip Halling — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 30 min–1 h
- Free entry
About
Roman Catholic Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel and attached Presbytery is a place of interest in Wales Mid, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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The Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel is a Roman Catholic church located in the university town of Lampeter in Ceredigion, Wales. Constructed by the London architect Thomas Henry Birchall Scott in the late 1930s for the Carmelite Order of the Roman Catholic Church, and opened in 1940, it is listed at Grade II and is considered one of the best examples of church architecture of the mid-20th century in west Wales.
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From the Wikipedia article
The Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel is a Roman Catholic church located in the university town of Lampeter in Ceredigion, Wales. Constructed by the London architect Thomas Henry Birchall Scott in the late 1930s for the Carmelite Order of the Roman Catholic Church, and opened in 1940, it is listed at Grade II and is considered one of the best examples of church architecture of the mid-20th century in west Wales. The church is dedicated to the Virgin Mary as patroness of the Carmelite Order, and was the first in Wales to be so dedicated.
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Background
History
Historically, since the Reformation, Anti-Catholic sentiments were common throughout Great Britain, and perhaps especially so in Wales due to the strong Nonconformist elements in Welsh Christianity. This was certainly the case in Lampeter which, since the establishment of St David's College in 1822, had been a centre for Anglicanism in Wales. Needless to say, the native Catholic population of the parish (and of the diocese as a whole) was small at the time. Nonetheless, in the late 1930s the Carmelite community of Aberystwyth, under the auspices of Fr. Malachy Lynch, founded the church at Lampeter, primarily for the growing number of Irish, Italian, and Polish immigrants who were coming to…
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- Coordinates
- 52.1142, -4.0829
- District
- Ceredigion
- Parish
- Lampeter
- Postcode
- SA48 7EH
- Parliamentary constituency
- Ceredigion Preseli
- Established
- 1940
- Official site
- catholicchurchlampeter.org
Sources
- wikidata: Q29489054 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Lampeter (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Roman Catholic Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel and attached Presbytery?
- Roman Catholic Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel and attached Presbytery is in Mid Wales, United Kingdom (postcode SA48 7EH), in the parish of Lampeter.
- What is Roman Catholic Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel and attached Presbytery?
- Roman Catholic Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel and attached Presbytery in Wales Mid, United Kingdom.
- How do I get to Roman Catholic Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel and attached Presbytery?
- Drivers can use postcode SA48 7EH.
- When was Roman Catholic Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel and attached Presbytery built?
- Built or established in 1940.
- Is Roman Catholic Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel and attached Presbytery a listed building?
- Roman Catholic Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel and attached Presbytery is officially recognised as Grade II listed building listed.
- Is Roman Catholic Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel and attached Presbytery free to visit?
- Yes, Roman Catholic Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel and attached Presbytery is free to enter.
- How do I get to Roman Catholic Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel and attached Presbytery?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode SA48 7EH. It sits within the Ceredigion Preseli parliamentary constituency.