The Diocese of Brentwood was founded on 20 July 1917 out of territory formerly in the Archdiocese of Westminster. It covers the county of Essex, including the unitary authorities of Thurrock and Southend-on-Sea and the east London Boroughs of Barking and Dagenham, Havering, Newham, Redbridge and Waltham Forest. It is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Westminster in the Province of Westminster. The cathedral is in Brentwood, and is dedicated to St Mary and St Helen. 115 churches were visited for Taking Stock (2012).
The chapel is in an upper room, created within a house built in 1955 and extended in 1969. Externally, while there are... Read More
A modest hall/chapel of the 1960s, built economically to serve a rural community. The building is now a day nursery and... Read More
A modern, functional design, serving a post-war estate. The church is dedicated to St John Payne, martyred at... Read More
A bold, simple and economical modern design by the Essex architect Kenneth Cheeseman, who also designed the stained... Read More
A brick church in the Early Christian style built in the early 1950s. The design is very similar to one used by the... Read More
A modest post-war brick church in simplified Romanesque style, built with support from Dr Richard Courtauld.... Read More
A modest church, originally a multi-purpose hall, built in a vernacular style with neo-Georgian details. The... Read More
A large modern church which retains several of its original furnishings including an aluminium corona.A Mass centre... Read More
A striking modern church by Gerard Goalen, notable for its dalle de verre stained glass by Dom Charles Norris and for... Read More
A large modern church with a high peak roof, such as enjoyed a vogue in the mid-1960s. It was planned as part of an... Read More
A large modern church of portal frame construction.The Mass centre was established in 1950, followed by the first... Read More
A modern church of conventional plan. Due to the absence of an aisle arcade, the sanctuary is visible to everyone. Of... Read More
