The church from Knatchbull Road in March 2020 A view toward the altar of the Church of the Sacred Heart in 2017 The Roman Catholic Church of the Sacred Heart is a Roman Catholic church on Knatchbull Road and Camberwell New Road in Camberwell , south-east London, SE5 .
The first church on this site was destroyed by enemy action during The Blitz between 8–9 October 1941.[ 1]
The church was built between 1952 and 1958 in the Moderne style and has been listed Grade II on the National Heritage List for England since 2015.[ 2] The foundation stone of the present church had been laid by Cyril Cowderoy on 19 April 1952.[ 1]
The devotional Stations of the Cross sculptures of Sacred Heart were supplied by Burns & Oates , and are placed above the side aisles of the church. The individual Stations of the Cross are made using the opus sectile technique, inlaid on a gold mosaic background.[ 2]
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Southwark
Churches St George's Cathedral, Southwark - Metropolitan Cathedral Church of St George Sacred Heart Church, Battersea Corpus Christi Church, Brixton St Osmund's Church, Barnes Sacred Heart Church, Camberwell St Thomas of Canterbury Church, Canterbury St Michael the Archangel Church, Chatham St Paul's Church, Dover St Thomas More Church, Dulwich Our Lady of Loreto and St Winefride's Church, Kew St Agatha's Church, Kingston St Mary Magdalen Church, Mortlake Our Lady of the Angels Church, Erith Our Lady of Gillingham Church Our Lady Queen of Peace Church, Richmond Polish Church of St. John the Evangelist, Putney St Augustine's Church, Ramsgate St Ethelbert's Church, Ramsgate St Elizabeth of Portugal Church, Richmond St Joseph Church, Roehampton St Mary's Church, Clapham St Thomas Aquinas Church, Ham Sts Simon and Jude Church, Streatham Hill St Raphael's Church, Surbiton St Anne's Church, Vauxhall St Patrick's Church, Waterloo Christ the King Church, Wimbledon Park St Winefride Church, South Wimbledon Sacred Heart Church, Wimbledon St Peter's Church, Woolwich Schools Bishop Challoner School Bishop Thomas Grant School Bonus Pastor Catholic College The Cedars School Christ the King Sixth Form College Coloma Convent Girls' School Donhead Preparatory School Holy Cross School, New Malden Holy Cross Preparatory School The John Fisher School La Retraite Roman Catholic Girls' School The Laurels School Marymount International School London Notre Dame Roman Catholic Girls' School Richard Challoner School Sacred Heart Catholic School, Camberwell St Anselm's Catholic School St Catherine's Catholic School for Girls St Columba's Catholic Boys' School St Edmund's Catholic School, Dover St Francis Xavier College, Clapham St Gregory's Catholic School St John Bosco College, Battersea St John Fisher Catholic School St John's Catholic Comprehensive School St Joseph's College, Upper Norwood St Mary's Roman Catholic High School, Croydon St Matthew Academy St Michael's Catholic College St Paul's Academy, Abbey Wood St Philomena's Catholic High School for Girls St Simon Stock Catholic School St Thomas More Catholic School, Eltham St Thomas the Apostle College St Ursula's Convent School Thomas More Catholic School, Purley Ursuline College, Westgate-on-Sea Ursuline High School, Wimbledon Wimbledon College
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