Information for record number MWA1397:
Roman Catholic Chapel of St Peter, George Street, Leamington Spa

Summary St Peter's, a Roman Catholic Chapel, built in the Imperial period. It is situated in George Street. Later Leamington Spa Mission
What Is It?  
Type: Chapel, Roman Catholic Chapel
Period: Imperial - Industrial (1751 AD - 1913 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Leamington Spa
District: Warwick, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 32 65
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Listed Building (Grade: II)
Sites & Monuments Record
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1 Opened 1828.
2 Leamington Youth Mission, George Street. Built in 1826 as the Catholic Chapel. Three bays, stuccoed, with attached unfluted Ionic columns and pediment.
3 Described.
4 Marked as a 'Mission Hall' on the OS map of 1905, one inch to one mile.
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: Royal Leamington Spa
Author/originator: Clarke H G
Date: 1947
Page Number: 53-5, 58-60
Volume/Sheet:
   
Source No: 2
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: The Buildings of England: Warwickshire
Author/originator: Pevsner N and Wedgwood A
Date: 1966
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: Warwicks
   
Source No: 3
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: Royal Leamington Spa
Author/originator: Cave L F
Date: 1988
Page Number: 178
Volume/Sheet:
   
Source No: 4
Source Type: Map
Title: OS Map
Author/originator: Ordnance Survey
Date: 1887, 1905
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet:
   
Images:  
Roman Catholic Chapel of St Peter, Leamington Spa
Copyright: Warwickshire County Council
Date: 1979
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Roman Catholic Chapel of St. Peter, Leamington Spa
Copyright: Warwickshire County Council
Date: 1930s
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designation Listed Building Buildings and structures, such as bridges, that are of architectural or historical importance are placed on a statutory list. These buildings are protected by planning and conservation acts that ensure that their special features of interest are considered before any alterations are made to them.

Depending on how important the buildings are they are classed as Grade I, Grade II* or Grade II. Grade I buildings are those of exceptional interest. Grade II* are particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Those listed as Grade II are those buildings that are regarded of special interest.
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period Imperial 1751 AD to 1914 AD (end of the 18th century AD to the beginning of the 20th century AD)

This period comes after the Post Medieval period and before the modern period and starts with beginning of the Industrial Revolution in 1750. It includes the second part of the Hannoverian period (1714 – 1836) and the Victorian period (1837 – 1901). The Imperial period ends with the start of the First World War in 1914.
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monument MISSION HALL * A building used for meetings and worship by a religious community trying to propogate its faith in an area. back
monument BUILDING * A structure with a roof to provide shelter from the weather for occupants or contents. Use specific type where known. back
monument MISSION * A building or compound housing a permanent establishment of members of a religious organization to do missionary work. back
monument INDUSTRIAL * This is the top term for the class. See INDUSTRIAL Class List for narrow terms. back
monument CHAPEL * A freestanding building, or a room or recess serving as a place of Christian worship in a church or other building. Use more specific type where known. back
monument COLUMN * Use for free standing column. back
monument ROMAN CATHOLIC CHAPEL * A chapel where Roman Catholics worship. back
monument SPA * A medicinal or mineral spring often with an associated building. back

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