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412: 499: 31: 420: 1387: 882: 323: 474:. The church, without its tower, cost £35,000. The furniture and interior decoration was not done by the architect, Guy Morgan, and he complained that his "design has been murdered … the terrible seats, ghastly altar and the awful side chapels … all this has nearly broken my heart." Yet, the church was listed as a Grade II building, because of its fittings, design and sculpture. Inside the church there is chapel dedicated to the 1375: 1351: 1363: 584: 572: 560: 447:. In 1858, the mission stopped with the ending of the lease on the place of worship. The Church of the Divine Motherhood and St Francis of Assisi replaced another church, St Francis of Assisi Church, which was built from 1868 to 1869. It still exists and was designed by 538:
at: 5:30pm on Saturday and at 11:00am on Sunday. The Church of the Divine Motherhood and St Francis of Assisi also has two Masses at: 6:00pm on Saturday and at 9:30am on Sunday. St Anthony and St George Church has one Sunday Mass at 8:00am.
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in the church was the funeral of Charles Dawes' wife. On 25 December 1899, Dawes also died and the two are buried in the church crypt. Dawes left Burton Hill to the
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opened St Margaret's School in the area. In 1891, with the local Catholic population increasing in number, the site for the present church was bought.
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In 1957, construction on the Church of the Divine Motherhood and St Francis of Assisi began. In 1962, the church was opened. In 1965, a sculpture of
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in Slindon. When the present Church of the Divine Motherhood and St Francis of Assisi was opened, the old church became a restaurant. In 1888, the
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In 1893, Charles Willock Dawes from Burton Hill bought the site of the church. In 1894, the foundation stone was laid. Charles Dawes commissioned
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Before the church was built, the local Catholic population of Petworth worshiped at St Richard's Church in
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was established at Petworth. A priest would travel out to Petworth from Burton Park to say
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The parish also includes the Church of the Divine Motherhood and St Francis of Assisi in
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St Anthony and St George Church was founded by Anthony Wright Biddulph, the owner of
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and the builders were John Ellis of Chichester. The church was consecrated by
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Church of St Thomas of Canterbury and English Martyrs, St Leonards-on-Sea
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was installed above the main entrance. In May 1966, the church was
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to design the church. Dawes preferred the church to be modelled on
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Church of the Divine Motherhood and St Francis of Assisi, Midhurst
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Church of the Divine Motherhood and St Francis of Assisi, Midhurst
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Church of the Divine Motherhood and St Francis of Assisi, Midhurst
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Former St Francis of Assisi Church on Rumbolds Hill, Midhurst
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Midhurst – The Divine Motherhood & St Francis of Assisi
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List of current places of worship in Chichester District
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Our Lady Immaculate and St Philip Neri Church, Uckfield
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The Roman Catholic Church of the Sacred Heart, Petworth
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Church of Our Lady of the Assumption, Englefield Green
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Roman Catholic Church of Divine Motherhood, Midhurst
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Friary Church of St Francis and St Anthony, Crawley
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50°59′10″N 0°36′23″W / 50.9861°N 0.6065°W / 50.9861; -0.6065
OS grid reference
SU9790821667
Denomination
Roman Catholic
SacredHeartPetworth.org.uk
Dedication
Most Sacred Heart of Jesus
Parish church
Architect(s)
Frederick Walters
Style
Gothic Revival
Groundbreaking
Province
Southwark
Diocese
Arundel and Brighton
Deanery
Parish
Roman Catholic
Parish church
Petworth
Frederick Walters
Angel Street
Petworth Cottage Museum
Gothic Revival

Burton Park

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