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Brompton Oratory

Italian Baroque in South Kensington, with marble apostles that stood in Siena Cathedral for two centuries.

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The Church of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, opened in 1884 for the Oratorian fathers whom John Henry Newman brought to England, and the largest Catholic church in London until Westminster Cathedral was built. Its nave is the widest in England after St Paul's. The twelve marble apostles along it are Giuseppe Mazzuoli's, carved for Siena Cathedral in the 1680s and bought when Siena took them out. The choir sings the Latin Mass.

Where
Brompton Road, SW7 2RP
Nearest station
South Kensington · 5 min walk

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Open daily for prayer and Mass; the Oratory lists its times on its own site.

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