Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Lampeter
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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.[1] 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,[2] 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.[3] The church is dedicated to the Virgin Mary as patroness of the Carmelite Order, and was the first in Wales to be so dedicated.[4]
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Our Lady of Mount Carmel | |
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Location | Pontfaen Road, Lampeter, Ceredigion |
Country | Wales |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Website | http://catholicchurchlampeter.org/ |
History | |
Founded | 1940 |
Founder(s) | Carmelite community of Aberystwyth |
Architecture | |
Functional status | Working |
Architect(s) | T. H. B. Scott |
Style | Neo-Georgian |
Years built | 1939–1940 |
Administration | |
Archdiocese | Cardiff |
Diocese | Menevia |
Parish | Our Lady of Mount Carmel |
Clergy | |
Priest(s) | Fr. David Keith Evans |
Listed Building – Grade II | |
Official name | Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel and Attached Presbytery (RC) |
Designated | 11 March 1992 |
Reference no. | 1357354 |
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