Oratorian Church (London)

Oratorian Church of the Heart of Mary

Interior

The Oratorianerkirche Immaculate Heart of Mary ( Church of the Immaculate Heart of Mary - Brompton Oratory ) is a Roman Catholic church in the district of Brompton London district of Kensington and Chelsea . The large and richly decorated neo-baroque basilica was built from 1880 to 1884 as the church of the London Oratorian Community, which has its seat here to this day.

history

The London branch of Oratorianer emerged in the mid-19th century after John Henry Newman in Birmingham the first convention of the Community of St. Philipp Neri had founded in England. A Newman memorial was erected on the street front of the convent building in 1896. The church itself was built with donations and is still the second largest Catholic church in London after Westminster Cathedral . 16 bishops and 250 priests attended the opening by Cardinal Manning in April 1884.

Architecture and equipment

The Herz-Mariä-Kirche was built according to plans by Herbert Gribble in the style of the early Roman Baroque, based on models such as Il Gesù or the original oratory of Santa Maria in Vallicella . It consists of the nave with side aisles divided into chapels, the transept with a dome on an octagonal drum above the crossing and the round, closed choir . The representative claim underlines a superior of the show facade wider Renaissance - columned portico . To the right of the choir is the St. Wilfred Chapel, in which the remains of the founder Frederick William Faber have been buried since 1952 .

The interior, too, with its rich wall and column decoration, altarpieces and sculptures, is entirely committed to the Roman Baroque.

organ

The organ was built from 1952 to 1954 by the organ builder JW Walker & Sons (Ruislip). In 2004, the instrument was gradually restored by the builder company. The organ has 45 registers on three manuals and a pedal . The actions are electro-pneumatic.

I Choir Organ C – a 3 Dumped 8th' Principal 4 ′ Reed flute 4 ′ Octave 2 ′ Forest flute 2 ′ Larigot 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′ Sesquialtera II Sharp IV Cromorne 8th' Tremulant

II Great Organ C – a 3 Quintadena 16 ′ Principal 8th' Reed flute 8th' Octave 4 ′ Gemshorn 4 ′ Quint 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′ Super octave 2 ′ Tertian II Mixture IV-V Trumpet 8th'

III Swell Organ C – g 3 Barpyp 8th' Quintadena 8th' viola 8th' Celeste 8th' Principal 4 ′ Flute 4 ′ Nazard 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′ Octave 2 ′ Gemshorn 2 ′ Tierce 1 3 ⁄ 5  ′ Mixture IV Cimbel III Echo Trumpet 8th' Vox Humana 8th' Tremulant

Pedal Organ C – g 1 Principal 16 ′ Sub bass 16 ′ Fifth flute 10 2 ⁄ 3  ′ Octave 8th' Dumped 8th' Cane quint 5 1 ⁄ 3  ′ Octave 4 ′ Night horn 2 ′ Mixture IV Bombard 16 ′ Trumpet 8th' Trumpet 2 ′

Individual evidence

1. ↑ information on organ (English)

Web links

Commons : Oratorian Church (London)  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• History and virtual tour (online presence of the oratorio, English) ( Memento from April 29, 2015 in the Internet Archive )

Coordinates: 51 ° 29 ′ 50 ″  N , 0 ° 10 ′ 11 ″  W.