Building record 10058 - St Francis Roman Catholic Chapel, Grosvenor Road

Catholic Church of St Francis built on Grosvenor Road in 1863 by J O’Bryne and still in use as a church today. It was included in English Heritage’s Listed Buildings Register in 1998. As the second Catholic chapel in the city it was built to accommodate the growing numbers of Irish Catholic immigrants that had outgrown the Queen Street chapel (CHER 10049). (2)

<1> English Heritage, 2005, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Digital Archive). SCH4666.

<2> Lewis C.P & Thacker A.T. (eds), 2005, Victoria County History - A History of the County of Chester: Volume Vii, The City of Chester - The City of Chester, Culture, Buildings, Institutions, p162 (Book). SCH6522.