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Roman Catholic Church of Our lady and St Philip Neri, Kirtling

History of Roman Catholic Church Kirtling

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In 1871 they [Lord and Lady North] built a small temporary church of corrugated iron in the grounds of the Tower; dedicated to Our Lady Immaculate and St Philip Neri, the church was served by priests from the London Oratory and Newmarket. In 1877 the temporary church was replaced by the present one, designed by Charles Alban Buckler (1824-1905), whose clientele included a number of Catholic gentry, both old families and converts. The iron church was transported to Stowmarket, where it served a similar purpose until the building there of the present church of Our Lady. A detached presbytery was built approximately 40 metres south-east of the Kirtling church at the same time or very soon afterwards, probably also to Buckler’s design.

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