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Assumption of Our Lady and St Therese

Monument typeRoman Catholic Church
Listing gradeII

Architect(s)

Francis Pollen

Construction

Date begun1952
Date completed1954

Location

King’s Turning Road
Presteigne
LD8 2AJ
Wales

Local authorityPowys

Denomination

DenominationRoman Catholic
DioceseMenevia

Additional notes

Attached to Greenfield House.

The church was built by Francis Pollen as the chapel of an enclosed Carmelite Priory but used after the nuns had left in 1988 as a Catholic parish church; has lettering by David Jones (poet and pupil of Eric Gill).

https://cadwpublic-api.azurewebsites.net/reports/listedbuilding/FullReport?lang=&id=87528

Unique identifier

87528 (Cadw list entry number)

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