Detail of Bellcote. Church of Saint Mary (Roman Catholic). Cleator, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe.


The Pugin designed Catholic church of St Mary was consecrated in 1872, replacing the earlier mission church built in 1853. The grounds are home to a meditative walk on the Stations of the Cross and Our Lady's Grotto, a replica of the Grotto at Lourdes, France. Edward Welby Pugin (11 March 1834 – 5 June 1875) was an English architect, the eldest son of architect Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin and Louisa Barton. His father was a famous architect and designer of Neo-Gothic architecture, and after his death in 1852 Edward took up his successful practice. At the time of his own early death in 1875, Pugin had designed and completed more than one hundred Catholic churches.


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Location: Church of Saint Mary (Roman Catholic). Cleator, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe.
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