Shrine Church of Our Lady of Consolation and St Francis

West Grinstead, United Kingdom

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The interior is normally open, possibly ticketed.

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The Shrine Church of Our Lady of Consolation and Saint Francis in West Grinstead, West Sussex, is a Roman Catholic parish church and diocesan shrine built between 1875 and 1876. Designed by John Aloysius Crawley, the church exemplifies the Gothic Revival style and stands at the corner of Steyning Road and Park Lane, east of the A24. The shrine honours the Blessed Virgin Mary under the veneration of Our Lady of Consolation, a title that received papal recognition through a pontifical decree of coronation issued by Pope Leo XIII on 12 July 1893. Subsequent additions were made to the church in 1896, designed by Frederick Arthur Walters, and again in 1964. The building is Grade II listed.