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The Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel is a [[Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]] Church located in the university town of [[Lampeter]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Directory |first=Catholic |title=Our Lady Of Mount Carmel Catholic Church - Lampeter |url=https://www.catholicdirectory.org/Catholic-Information.asp?ID=53175 |access-date=2022-11-23 |website=CatholicDirectory.org |language=en}}</ref>. Constructed by [[London]] architect [[Thomas Henry Birchall Scott]] in the late 1930s for the [[Carmelites|Carmelite Order]] of the Roman Catholic Church, and opened in 1940<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lampeter - Our Lady of Mount Carmel |url=https://taking-stock.org.uk/building/lampeter-our-lady-of-mount-carmel/ |access-date=2022-11-23 |website=Taking Stock |language=en-GB}}</ref>, it is [[Listed building|Grade II listed]], and considered one of the best example of church architecture in the mid-20th century, in west [[Wales]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Stuff |first=Good |title=Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel and Attached Presbytery (RC), Lampeter, Ceredigion |url=https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/300010424-church-of-our-lady-of-mount-carmel-and-attached-presbytery-rc-lampeter |access-date=2022-11-23 |website=britishlistedbuildings.co.uk}}</ref>.
The Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel is a [[Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]] Church located in the university town of [[Lampeter]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Directory |first=Catholic |title=Our Lady Of Mount Carmel Catholic Church - Lampeter |url=https://www.catholicdirectory.org/Catholic-Information.asp?ID=53175 |access-date=2022-11-23 |website=CatholicDirectory.org |language=en}}</ref>. Constructed by [[London]] architect [[Thomas Henry Birchall Scott]] in the late 1930s for the [[Carmelites|Carmelite Order]] of the Roman Catholic Church, and opened in 1940<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Lampeter - Our Lady of Mount Carmel |url=https://taking-stock.org.uk/building/lampeter-our-lady-of-mount-carmel/ |access-date=2022-11-23 |website=Taking Stock |language=en-GB}}</ref>, it is [[Listed building|Grade II listed]], and considered one of the best example of church architecture in the mid-20th century, in west [[Wales]]<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Stuff |first=Good |title=Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel and Attached Presbytery (RC), Lampeter, Ceredigion |url=https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/300010424-church-of-our-lady-of-mount-carmel-and-attached-presbytery-rc-lampeter |access-date=2022-11-23 |website=britishlistedbuildings.co.uk}}</ref>. It is named after, and dedicated to, the [[Mary, mother of Jesus|Virgin Mary]], and the religious community she, supposedly, visited on [[Mount Carmel]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=CNA |title=Our Lady of Mount Carmel |url=https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/resource/55429/our-lady-of-mount-carmel |access-date=2022-11-23 |website=Catholic News Agency |language=en}}</ref>, it was the first church in Wales to be so dedicated<ref>{{Cite web |title=Celebration in Lampeter – Diocese of Menevia |url=http://www.menevia.org/british-carmelites-celebrate-celebration-in-lampeter/ |access-date=2022-11-23 |language=en-GB}}</ref>.


=== History ===
=== History ===


==== Background ====
==== Background ====
Historically, since the [[Reformation]], [[Anti-Catholicism|Anti-Catholic]] sentiments have been common throughout Great Britain<ref>{{Cite web |title=Anti-Catholicism in Early Modern England |url=http://www.historyisnowmagazine.com/blog/2022/7/2/anti-catholicism-in-early-modern-england |access-date=2022-11-23 |website=History is Now Magazine, Podcasts, Blog and Books {{!}} Modern International and American history |language=en-US}}</ref>, and perhaps more so in Wales due to the addition of the strong [[Nonconformist (Protestantism)|Nonconformist]] elements in [[Welsh culture|Welsh]] [[Christianity]]<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Hughes |first=Trystan Owain |date=April 2005 |title=When Was Anti-Catholicism? A Response |journal=The Journal of Ecclesiastical History |language=English |publisher=Cambridge University Press |volume=56 |issue=2 |pages=326-333}}</ref>. Certainly more so in Lampeter which, since the establishment of [[St. David's College]] in 1822<ref>{{Cite book |last=Price |first=D. T. W. |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/3742391 |title=A history of Saint David's University College Lampeter |date=1977-1990 |publisher=University of Wales Press |isbn=0-7083-0606-3 |location=Cardiff |oclc=3742391}}</ref>, had been a centre for Anglicanism in Wales. It is needless to say that the native Catholic population of the parish, and the diocese as whole was small at the time<ref>{{Cite book |last=Hughes |first=Trystan Owain |title=The Welsh History Review |date=June 2000 |publisher=University of Wales Press |isbn=0083-792X |editor-last=Morgan |editor-first=Kenneth O. |volume=20 |location=Cardiff |pages=337-365 |language=English |trans-title=Cylchgrawn Hanes Cymru |chapter=Roman Catholicism, the Welsh Language and Welsh National Identity in the Twentieth Century |editor-last2=Griffiths |editor-first2=Ralph A. |issue=2}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Our Parish – Our Lady of Mount Carmel |url=http://catholicchurchlampeter.org/our-parish/ |access-date=2022-11-23 |website=catholicchurchlampeter.org |language=en-GB}}</ref>. Nonetheless, in the late 1930s the Carmelite community of Aberystwyth, under the auspices of Fr. Malachy Lynch, founded the church, primarily for the growing number of [[Irish migration to Great Britain|Irish]], [[Italian immigration|Italian]], and [[Poles in the United Kingdom|Polish]] [[Immigration|immigrants]] who were coming to west Wales looking for work
Historically, since the [[Reformation]], [[Anti-Catholicism|Anti-Catholic]] sentiments have been common throughout Great Britain<ref>{{Cite web |title=Anti-Catholicism in Early Modern England |url=http://www.historyisnowmagazine.com/blog/2022/7/2/anti-catholicism-in-early-modern-england |access-date=2022-11-23 |website=History is Now Magazine, Podcasts, Blog and Books {{!}} Modern International and American history |language=en-US}}</ref>, and perhaps more so in Wales due to the addition of the strong [[Nonconformist (Protestantism)|Nonconformist]] elements in [[Welsh culture|Welsh]] [[Christianity]]<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Hughes |first=Trystan Owain |date=April 2005 |title=When Was Anti-Catholicism? A Response |journal=The Journal of Ecclesiastical History |language=English |publisher=Cambridge University Press |volume=56 |issue=2 |pages=326-333}}</ref>. Certainly more so in Lampeter which, since the establishment of [[St. David's College]] in 1822<ref>{{Cite book |last=Price |first=D. T. W. |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/3742391 |title=A history of Saint David's University College Lampeter |date=1977-1990 |publisher=University of Wales Press |isbn=0-7083-0606-3 |location=Cardiff |oclc=3742391}}</ref>, had been a centre for Anglicanism in Wales. It is needless to say that the native Catholic population of the parish, and the diocese as whole was small at the time<ref>{{Cite book |last=Hughes |first=Trystan Owain |title=The Welsh History Review |date=June 2000 |publisher=University of Wales Press |isbn=0083-792X |editor-last=Morgan |editor-first=Kenneth O. |volume=20 |location=Cardiff |pages=337-365 |language=English |trans-title=Cylchgrawn Hanes Cymru |chapter=Roman Catholicism, the Welsh Language and Welsh National Identity in the Twentieth Century |editor-last2=Griffiths |editor-first2=Ralph A. |issue=2}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=Our Parish – Our Lady of Mount Carmel |url=http://catholicchurchlampeter.org/our-parish/ |access-date=2022-11-23 |website=catholicchurchlampeter.org |language=en-GB}}</ref>. Nonetheless, in the late 1930s the Carmelite community of Aberystwyth, under the auspices of Fr. Malachy Lynch, founded the church, primarily for the growing number of [[Irish migration to Great Britain|Irish]], [[Italian immigration|Italian]], and [[Poles in the United Kingdom|Polish]] [[Immigration|immigrants]] who were coming to west Wales looking for work<ref name=":2" />.


==== Construction ====
==== Construction ====
Construction started in 1939, and finished in 1940<ref name=":1" />. The church was designed by Thomas Henry Birchall Scott, who had previously designed a number of London Catholic churches, and was built by local builder Glyn Davies<ref name=":1" />. Local craftsmen, and women, also worked on elements of the church, including Mary Malburn who did the three painted [[Lunette|lunettes]], and Philip J. Lindsay Clarke who did the carved stone [[reredos]] panel<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" />. According to the founding [[Priesthood in the Catholic Church|Priest]], Fr. Malachy Lynch the proportions were inspired by those of the [[theatre]] at Garthewin, in [[Llanfair Talhaiarn|Llanfair Talhaearn]], [[Clwyd]], work of architect [[Thomas S. Tait|T. S. Tait]], which boasted similar lunettes<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" />. The construction was funded by donations from both the local community, and from Catholic schools, and churches in [[Ireland]], with funds being raised by Fr. Malachy Lynch<ref name=":2" />.


==== 1940 — Present ====
==== 1940 — Present ====
In 1940 the church was within the parish of [[Aberystwyth]], from which it was founded, it became the principal church of its own parish in 1947<ref name=":0" />.


=== Architecture ===
=== Architecture ===

Revision as of 16:50, 23 November 2022

The Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel (Lampeter)

Our Lady of Mount Carmel
The Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Lampeter
Front of the Church
LocationPontfaen Road, Lampeter, Ceredigion
CountryWales
DenominationRoman Catholic
Websitehttp://catholicchurchlampeter.org/
History
Founded1940
Founder(s)Carmelite community of Aberystwyth
Architecture
Functional statusWorking
Architect(s)T.H.B. Scott
Architectural typeneo-Georgian
Years built1939-1940
Administration
ArchdioceseCardiff
DioceseMenevia
ParishLampeter
Clergy
Priest(s)Fr. David Keith Evans

The Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel is a Roman Catholic Church located in the university town of Lampeter[1]. Constructed by London architect Thomas Henry Birchall Scott in the late 1930s for the Carmelite Order of the Roman Catholic Church, and opened in 1940[2], it is Grade II listed, and considered one of the best example of church architecture in the mid-20th century, in west Wales[3]. It is named after, and dedicated to, the Virgin Mary, and the religious community she, supposedly, visited on Mount Carmel[4], it was the first church in Wales to be so dedicated[5].

History

Background

Historically, since the Reformation, Anti-Catholic sentiments have been common throughout Great Britain[6], and perhaps more so in Wales due to the addition of the strong Nonconformist elements in Welsh Christianity[7]. Certainly more so in Lampeter which, since the establishment of St. David's College in 1822[8], had been a centre for Anglicanism in Wales. It is needless to say that the native Catholic population of the parish, and the diocese as whole was small at the time[9][10]. Nonetheless, in the late 1930s the Carmelite community of Aberystwyth, under the auspices of Fr. Malachy Lynch, founded the church, primarily for the growing number of Irish, Italian, and Polish immigrants who were coming to west Wales looking for work[10].

Construction

Construction started in 1939, and finished in 1940[3]. The church was designed by Thomas Henry Birchall Scott, who had previously designed a number of London Catholic churches, and was built by local builder Glyn Davies[3]. Local craftsmen, and women, also worked on elements of the church, including Mary Malburn who did the three painted lunettes, and Philip J. Lindsay Clarke who did the carved stone reredos panel[2][3]. According to the founding Priest, Fr. Malachy Lynch the proportions were inspired by those of the theatre at Garthewin, in Llanfair Talhaearn, Clwyd, work of architect T. S. Tait, which boasted similar lunettes[3][10]. The construction was funded by donations from both the local community, and from Catholic schools, and churches in Ireland, with funds being raised by Fr. Malachy Lynch[10].

1940 — Present

In 1940 the church was within the parish of Aberystwyth, from which it was founded, it became the principal church of its own parish in 1947[2].

Architecture

Parish

References

  1. ^ Directory, Catholic. "Our Lady Of Mount Carmel Catholic Church - Lampeter". CatholicDirectory.org. Retrieved 2022-11-23. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  2. ^ a b c "Lampeter - Our Lady of Mount Carmel". Taking Stock. Retrieved 2022-11-23.
  3. ^ a b c d e Stuff, Good. "Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel and Attached Presbytery (RC), Lampeter, Ceredigion". britishlistedbuildings.co.uk. Retrieved 2022-11-23.
  4. ^ CNA. "Our Lady of Mount Carmel". Catholic News Agency. Retrieved 2022-11-23.
  5. ^ "Celebration in Lampeter – Diocese of Menevia". Retrieved 2022-11-23.
  6. ^ "Anti-Catholicism in Early Modern England". History is Now Magazine, Podcasts, Blog and Books | Modern International and American history. Retrieved 2022-11-23.
  7. ^ Hughes, Trystan Owain (April 2005). "When Was Anti-Catholicism? A Response". The Journal of Ecclesiastical History. 56 (2). Cambridge University Press: 326–333.
  8. ^ Price, D. T. W. (1977–1990). A history of Saint David's University College Lampeter. Cardiff: University of Wales Press. ISBN 0-7083-0606-3. OCLC 3742391.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date format (link)
  9. ^ Hughes, Trystan Owain (June 2000). "Roman Catholicism, the Welsh Language and Welsh National Identity in the Twentieth Century". In Morgan, Kenneth O.; Griffiths, Ralph A. (eds.). The Welsh History Review [Cylchgrawn Hanes Cymru]. Vol. 20. Cardiff: University of Wales Press. pp. 337–365. ISBN 0083-792X. {{cite book}}: Check |isbn= value: length (help)
  10. ^ a b c d "Our Parish – Our Lady of Mount Carmel". catholicchurchlampeter.org. Retrieved 2022-11-23.
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