The earliest known religious building in West End was an oratory or chapel mentioned in 1552 as being for the use of the Lords of the Manor of Allington and their tenants. The Anglican church of St James was built in 1838 then rebuilt in 1890 (GC6JV7E). "Dissenter churches" followed: a Bible Christian Chapel was built in 1846, 2 Methodist chapels followed in 1900, as well a Baptist Chapel that still exists in Beacon Road, (GC4KM5N).
Catholic Mass was first said in West End in the village hall. In 1958 the current site was bought for £1,800 and in 1968 St Brigid’s was built at a cost of £15,000.
St Brigid's is a small, modern church. It is a simple rectangular brick building under a concrete tiled roof with bold eaves. The gabled entrance elevation has a central full height recess or slot, glazed above, from which an open gabled porch on brick piers awkwardly projects. Full-height side windows grouped in threes with staggered glazing pattern. Windows have been replaced in UPVC. The interior is calm and devotional, the nave flooded with light but the sanctuary darker and dominated by two large painted icon-like pictures. The walls are exposed and in brick.
Please note, to the best of my knowledge, the church is normally NOT left open for visitors.
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