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St Patrick's Church is a large St Patrick's Church Newsletter
Retrieved 5 June 2011 During the renovations, services were held in the nearby Chapel of St Barnabas, at
St Patrick Church Soho Square.jpg, Interior of St Patrick's Church prior to renovation
St Patrick's Church Nave, Soho Square, London, UK - Diliff.jpg, Interior following renovation and refurbishment
St Patrick's Church Entrance, Soho Square, London, UK - Diliff.jpg, The entrance to the nave
Parish website
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St Patrick's Church is a large Roman Catholic
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parish church in Soho Square
Soho Square is a garden square in Soho, London, hosting since 1954 a ''de facto'' public park let by the Soho Square Garden Committee to Westminster City Council. It was originally called King Square after Charles II, and a much weathere ...
, London. St Pat's (as it is informally known) was consecrated as a chapel in a building behind Carlisle House on 29 September 1792, one of the first Catholic buildings allowed in Great Britain after the Reformation
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The present church building was built between 1891 and 1893, to designs by John Kelly John or Jack Kelly may refer to:
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*John Kelly (scholar) (1750–1809), at Douglas, Isle of Man
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of Leeds, and replaced the earlier and smaller chapel built by Father Arthur O'Leary in the 1790s. The church has an unusual longish shape due to plot constrictions given at that time. The building is constructed out of bricks with a bell-tower. It is Grade II* listed. The main entrance has a Roman-style porch with Corinthian columns. Above the entrance is an inscription: VT CHRISTIANI ITA ET ROMANI SITIS ("Ut christiani ita et romani sitis", i.e. “Be ye Christians as those of the Roman Church”). It is a quotation taken from the writings of St. Patrick.
The building was closed for renovation and refurbishment between 28 February 2010 and 31 May 2011.Retrieved 5 June 2011 During the renovations, services were held in the nearby Chapel of St Barnabas, at
The House of St Barnabas
The House of St Barnabas, at 1 Greek Street, Soho, is a Grade I Listed Georgian building in London notable for its rococo plasterwork interiors and for other architectural features.
Since 1862 the House has been run as a charity to help those ...
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External links
*Parish website
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