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St Catharine's Church was situated in Lockyer Street, Plymouth. This was originally a chapel of ease to St Andrew's Church and was a plain building of stone and granite in the Basilican style. It was erected in 1823 to the designs of Mr John Foulston of Plymouth, and consisted of a chancel and nave. It cost £5,000 to build. It had a belfry surmounted by a cross, which contained 1 bell. It had an altar-piece by Ball, the architect of St Luke's Church, which represented the Crucifixion, apparently towards the close of the Three Hours of Darkness indicated by the return of daylight on the verge of the horizon. The Church was restored in 1879-80; a choir vestry was added in 1907; the roof was renewed in 1912; and other repairs were executed in 1914. There were 800 sittings. The Church was demolished in the 1950s and the pews were given to the new Church of the Ascension at Crownhill. |
