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Museum
Represents a museum
WC
Yes
EventsForChildren
Yes
Place
The town or city
Dumbarton
HearingLoop
No
IsIncludedThisYear
No
DisabledAccess
Yes
Activities
<p>A fascinating place.</p>
OpeningTime1
10.00-16.00
ArchitectName
Dunn & Hansom, Pugin & Pugin
OpeningDate1
14/9/2019
IsNewThisYear
No
ID
Google Panorama ID
9482
Refreshments
No
Street
The street address
Strathleven Place
Postcode
G82 1BA
Parking
Yes
DisabledWC
Yes
LimitedAccess
No
NotAccessible
No
Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
St Patrick' Roman Catholic Church
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
westdunbartonshire
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
3557
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Museum
Spatial Coverage
Spatial characteristics of the resource.
current,55.94594,-4.563046;
Description
An account of the resource
<p>Saturday 1st September.</p><p>Dumbarton. How to get there : Strathleven Place opposite Dumbarton Central Library (near the main roundabout) and a short walk from Dumbarton Central Station. Parking is available nearby.</p><p>A magnificent aisled 8 bay Gothic style building with a lower chancel and many beautiful and interesting features. Main building by Dunn and Hansom of Newcastle, architects. Built 1900-3. Sanctuary added in 1935. The tower was designed in 1926-27 by architects Pugin & Pugin. The belfry has a large tenor bell and a carillon of 23 bells. There is an interesting practice carillon too - a keyboard which operates the bells. Excellent stained glass. A statue of St Michael by Eric Gill. White marble pieta in memorial chapel.</p><p><img style="width: 0px; height: 15px;" src="/media/4205/st-patricks_dscf3437.jpg?width=0&height=15" alt="" rel="16604" data-id="16604" /><img src="/media/4205/st-patricks_dscf3437.jpg?width=450&height=600" alt="" width="184" height="246" rel="16604" data-id="16604" /> <img style="width: 0px; height: 15px;" src="/media/4204/st-patricks_dscf2316.jpg?width=0&height=15" alt="" rel="16603" data-id="16603" /><img style="width: 327px; height: 245px;" src="/media/4204/st-patricks_dscf2316.jpg?width=327&height=245" alt="" rel="16603" data-id="16603" /></p><p>Mass had been celebrated in the Dumbarton area from the 1800s. By 1830 there were 500 Catholics and seeing the need for a church, St Patrick opened its doors; being the first post-Reformation Catholic church in the area. The foundation stone of the new church was laid in 1901 with the formal opening on the 22 March 1903. The foundation stone of the tower was laid on 27June 1926 by the Archbishop Mackintosh. The new marble side altars, the pulpit the altar rails, the organ, the mortuary chapel, the tower and its carillon of 23 bells had all been completed by the end of 1927 and with the erection of the Pieta on the marble altar in the basement of the tower the two years' work was brought to a successful termination.</p><p>More can be found here :<a href="http://www.stpatricksdumbarton.org.uk/history.html"> http://www.stpatricksdumbarton.org.uk/history.html</a></p><p> </p>
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1903-1935