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Holy Rood Church, Swindon
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Holy Rood Church is a Roman Catholic parish church in Swindon, Wiltshire, England. It was founded in 1851 as a chapel and was rebuilt as a church in 1905. It is situated on the corner of Groundwell Road and Lincoln Street in the centre of the town. It was designed by Edward Doran Webb as a Gothic Revival church and was the first Roman Catholic church built in and around the town since the Reformation.[2]
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51.558505°N 1.778172°W / 51.558505; -1.778172 | |
OS grid reference | SU1547584426 |
Location | Swindon |
Country | United Kingdom |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Website | HolyRoodSwindon.co.uk |
History | |
Status | Parish church |
Dedication | Feast of the Cross |
Consecrated | 1 September 1932 |
Events | Moved in 1882 Rebuilt in 1905 |
Architecture | |
Functional status | Active |
Architect(s) | Edward Doran Webb |
Style | Gothic Revival |
Completed | 1905 |
Administration | |
Province | Birmingham |
Diocese | Clifton |
Deanery | St Aldhelm[1] |
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