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Michael Hodges

The Catholic churches of Surrey
April 01, 2023
Surrey is a small and hilly county within easy reach of London. In the mid-18th century, the writer Arthur Young condemned its communications as the worst in the country. It has only become populous since around 1800. Before that it was the poorest and the most sparsely populated of the home counties, with small settlements
Stonyhurst College and its churches
March 01, 2023
Stonyhurst is a remarkable establishment, in both architectural and other ways. It is physically situated in remote Lancashire countryside to the east of Clitheroe between the rivers Ribble and Hodder. The land had been owned by the Shireburn family since the early 14th century. Sir Richard Shireburn (1522-94) was a successful Catholic Elizabethan follower of
When Anglican architects built Catholic churches
February 01, 2023
A look at the work of those Anglican architects who built Catholic places of worship in the 19th and 20th centuries
The Holy Land: joy of the whole earth
January 03, 2023
The Herald’s architecture column follows the Editor on pilgrimage to the Holy Land
English Victorian Churches: Architecture, Faith and Revival, by James Steven Curl
January 03, 2023
English Victorian Churches: Architecture, Faith and Revival James Stevens Curl John Hudson Publishing, £50, 240 pages This handsome little book is an updating of Professor James Stevens Curl’s earlier 1995 work, The English Heritage Book of Victorian Churches. In those days he was restricted to mainly black and white plates. It is now lavishly illustrated
Catholic Herefordshire
December 02, 2022
Michael Hodges explores the built legacy of Catholicism in the county of Herefordshire
The Scoles family: a Catholic architectural dynasty
October 10, 2022
A father and two of his sons, both priests, designed between them a large number of churches
The Scoles family: a Catholic architectural dynasty
October 01, 2022
A father and two of his sons, both priests, designed between them a large number of churches
An historical study worth waiting for
August 12, 2022
A Biographical Dictionary of English Architecture, 1540-1640 Mark Girouard Yale, £40, 372 pages Mark Girouard, born a Catholic in 1937, is the unchallenged doyen of English architectural historians, particularly after the recent lamented death of John Harris. His major works include The Victorian Country House (1971), Life in the English Country House (1978) and Robert
The marvels of Campion Hall, Oxford
August 12, 2022
The main panel shows Mary crowned as Queen of Heaven surrounded by a garland of flowers and angels spreading her protective cloak over four supplicants. The other two panels show a Nativity Scene in winter and the Coronation of Our Lady in summer.
Sir Giles Gilbert Scott 1880-1960
June 28, 2022
Giles Gilbert Scott is best known these days by the British public either for his K2 and K6 red telephone boxes (now rapidly vanishing from the English scene) or for his two London power stations on the River Thames at Chelsea and at Bankside in Southwark, the latter now transformed into Tate Modern. His major
Catholic places of worship Cornwall
May 27, 2022
The westernmost county of England, once a hotbed of Protestant nonconformity, has a handful of notable churches
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