The Diocese of Shrewsbury was founded in 1850, and encompasses the counties of Cheshire and Shropshire (and parts of Derbyshire, Merseyside and Greater Manchester). The cathedral is in Shrewsbury, and is dedicated to Our Lady Help of Christians and St Peter Alcantara. 114 churches were visited for Taking Stock (2012).
The cathedral church of the Diocese of Shrewsbury, built from designs by E. W. Pugin, under the patronage of the... Read More
A functional building of the 1970s, not of special architectural or historic interest. In the years immediately... Read More
A post-Vatican II design by Reynolds & Scott, with the sanctuary on the long axis. The altar canopy is of some... Read More
A modest building by F. X. Velarde, given interest and some distinction by individual touches such as the window... Read More
A fine building designed by Edmund Kirby, incorporating Early English and Decorated motifs and Continental Gothic forms... Read More
A modern building of good functional design but without special architectural interest. A window by Doritie Kettlewell... Read More
A functional building of no architectural or historic interest, which started life as a parish hall. Plans for a... Read More
A simple functional building of the 1950s. The church was opened in 1953 and served from Weaverham, where a new church... Read More
The parish of St Luke the Physician has no church, and operates from a 1930s semi-detached house where it has a day... Read More
The last of F. X. Velarde’s churches to be built in his lifetime, and said to have been his personal favourite. In... Read More
A church conceived on an ambitious scale, intended as the Cathedral church of the Diocese of Shrewsbury. Although... Read More
St Joseph’s was designed by Edmund Kirby in 1899-1900 and is amongst the best examples of his large red brick urban... Read More
