Our Lady and the English Martyrs | |
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Church of Our Lady of the Assumption and the English Martyrs | |
52°11′56″N 0°07′38″E / 52.198768°N 0.127348°E | |
Location | Hills Road Cambridge CB2 1JR |
Country | England |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Website | www |
History | |
Status | Parish church |
Dedication | Our Lady of the Assumption & the English Martyrs |
Consecrated | 8 October 1890 |
Relics held | Saints Felix and Constantia |
Architecture | |
Functional status | Active |
Architect(s) | Dunn & Hansom |
Style | Gothic Revival |
Years built | 1885–1890 (by Rattee and Kett) |
Specifications | |
Length | Interior: 48 metres (157 ft) |
Number of spires | 1 |
Spire height | 65 metres (213 ft) |
Materials | Limestone (Casterton, Ancaster, Combe Down)[1] |
Bells | 8 (9 including Angelus) |
Tenor bell weight | 31 long cwt 2 qr 5 lb (3,533 lb or 1,603 kg) in D |
Administration | |
Province | Westminster |
Diocese | East Anglia |
Deanery | Cambridge |
Clergy | |
Bishop(s) | Rt Revd Peter Collins
Rt Revd Alan Hopes |
Rector | Rt Revd Mgr Provost Eugène Harkness |
Priest(s) | Fr Adrian Gates (Hospital Chaplain) |
Assistant priest(s) | The Revd Canon Giuseppe Rizzi |
Deacon(s) | The Revd Dr Gianluca Savini |
Laity | |
Director of music |
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Organist(s) | Nigel Kerry |
Organ scholar | Tammas Slater |
The Church of Our Lady of the Assumption and the English Martyrs, also known as the Church of Our Lady and the English Martyrs (OLEM), is an English Roman Catholic parish church located at the junction of Hills Road and Lensfield Road in southeast Cambridge. It is a large Gothic Revival church built between 1885 and 1890,[1] and is a Grade I listed building. It is the tallest building in Cambridge at 65m tall (including the spire).