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Location: Brompton Oratory, Kensington and Chelsea, London, England, United Kingdom. (51°29′50″N 0°10′11″W).
Website: www.bromptonoratory.com
Phone: +44 20 7808 0900
Brompton Oratory
The Church of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, popularly known as Brompton Oratory, is a Roman Catholic Church in South Kensington, London.
It is situated on Brompton Road, next to the Victoria and Albert Museum, at the junction with Cromwell Gardens.
History of Brompton Oratory:
John Henry Newman was converted to Catholicism in 1845; and founded Birmingham Oratory, dedicated to Saint Philip Neri. Other converts, including Frederick William Faber founded a London Oratory in premises near Charing Cross. They purchased a 3.5-acre (14,000 m2) property in November 1852 for £16,000; in the (then) semi-rural western suburbs. An Oratory House was built first, followed shortly by a temporary church; both designed by Joseph John Scoles. An appeal was launched in 1874 for funds to build a church.[1] Within the Oratory House is a chapel, known as the Little Oratory.
The Church still belongs to and is served by the Congregation of the London Oratory (see London Oratory). There are two other Oratories in the UK, the Birmingham Oratory and the Oxford Oratory.
