Images: A Glimpse of Heaven
A Glimpse of Heaven is a breathtaking collection of photographs of more than 100 Catholic Churches in England and Wales and was published by English Heritage in collaboration with the Patrimony Committee of the Catholic Bishops' Conference in 2006.
Author Christopher Martin delves into Catholic architecture and has produced, with architectural photographer Alex Ramsey, a fantastic collection of images celebrating the beauty and history of the Catholic Church in England and Wales.
Among the buildings featured are the Byzantine Westminster Cathedral, the more modern cathedrals at Liverpool and Clifton and, most recently, the Classical revival cathedral at Brentwood in Essex.
The parish churches range from the Italian magnificence of St Peter’s Clerkenwell to the Gothic Jesuit church in Mayfair to the simplicity of a village church in Cumbria. The extraordinary revival of faith in the early 19th century is represented by churches in Liverpool, Manchester and across the north west.
No less remarkable and confident are the churches built in the 20th century at Wallasey, Bootle, Kite’s Green (Birmingham), Woodthorpe (Nottingham), Newbridge (Gwent) and Gorleston (Norfolk). Also featured are the Benedictine abbeys at Worth, Downside and Douai and many more.
Image galleries
by region
Here we'll be uploading images from A Glimpse of Heaven by region.
All images are used with kind permission from Alex Ramsey ©.