Sacred Heart Church, Hornsea

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Sacred Heart Church is a Catholic church in Hornsea, a town in the East Riding of Yorkshire, in England.

The first Catholic church in Hornsea was built in 1928, a wooden structure. In 1956 it was demolished and a permanent replacement constructed, to a design by George I. Williams.[1] In 1962, a church hall was constructed behind the building.[2]

Buildings and architecture

The church is built of yellow brick with a canted tiled roof. It consists of a nave and chancel, porch, south chapel and north sacristry. Above the porch is a mosaic roundel depicting Christ and the Sacred Heart. It is flanked by slit windows, and there are three round-headed windows above. The sides of the nave have paired windows and slanted buttresses, while the end wall of the chancel is rounded and has four shorter windows. There is a staircase projecting from the northwest corner of the nave. Inside, there is a west gallery over an internal porch, confessionals, and a baptistery containing an octagonal marble font. The chancel has a semi-circular arch, a large mosaic reredos, and a marble altar and communion rails.[1][3]

References

  1. 1.[1.2]"Hornsea – Sacred Heart". Taking Stock. Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales.
  2. 2.Kent, G. H. R. (2002). A History of the County of York East Riding: Volume 7, Holderness Wapentake, Middle and North Divisions. London: Victoria County History. Retrieved 18 August 2026.
  3. 3.Pevsner, Nikolaus; Neave, David (1995) [1972]. Yorkshire: York and the East Riding. The Buildings of England (2 ed.). New Haven and London: Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-09593-7.