In 2006, Bishop Crowley and his Trustees, jointly with English Heritage, commissioned an expert consultant to assess the special architectural and historic interest of all the parish churches in the Diocese and to give a view on their physical condition.
The review confirms the quality of our buildings, particularly as it states that most of them were designed by local or regional architects with little contribution from major national Catholic practices.
It demonstrates how good our forefathers were in their choice of Yorkshire architects.
The relevant parts of all the reports make for good reading. The report is in three parts;
- click here to download part one (an 84Kb pdf)
- click here to download part two (an 80Kb pdf)
- click here to download part three (a 56Kb pdf)
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