The Diocese of Clifton was founded on 29 September 1850. It covers the counties of Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Somerset, and includes the major centres of Bath, Bristol, and Swindon. It is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Birmingham in the Province of Birmingham. The cathedral is in Clifton, Bristol, and is dedicated to St Peter and St Paul. 121 churches were visited for Taking Stock (2016).
A small, low-key chapel of the 1960s, the street elevation faced in stone to blend with the university chaplaincy, to... Read More
A fine neoclassical design and city landmark, begun in 1839 for the Irvingites but acquired for Roman Catholic use in... Read More
A notable interwar design in Byzantine style by John Bevan Jr, completed in a contextual manner in the early 1960s.... Read More
A large town church in thirteenth-century Gothic style, built at the start of the twentieth century for the... Read More
A large suburban church built at the time of the Second Vatican Council, on a traditional longitudinal plan but from... Read More
One of the oldest Catholic churches in Bristol, built in large part to cater for Irish refugees from the Great Famine... Read More
A late (1960) traditional basilican design, of high townscape quality and with an atmospheric interior retaining good... Read More
A late Gothic Revival design of the 1920s by the local architect Sir Frank Wills. The design is old-fashioned for its... Read More
A functional church-hall of the 1950s, of no architectural or historical significance but on a large site within a... Read More
A very functional post-war design, not of architectural or historic interest but containing some imported furnishings... Read More
A simple prefabricated building, originally built in the 1950s as a hut for the cadet force of the adjacent Catholic... Read More
A functional brick design of the late 1930s, originally intended to become a school assembly hall. A... Read More
