Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception, Stroud, Gloucestershire

Description

The Catholic church, dedicated to Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception, was built by the Dominicans, and opened by the late Cardinal Wiseman in 1859; it is an edifice in the Gothic style, consisting of chancel, nave, east and west aisles, chapel of St. Lawrence and a spacious sacristy: in 1887 representations of the 14 "Stations of the Cross," carved in stone with alabaster frames by Alfred Wall, of Cheltenham, were placed in the church, and four stained windows have been inserted: there are sittings for about 400 persons.