St Thomas' Church
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St Thomas' Church
Image: © Anne Burgess Taken: 18 Jun 2014
This is Keith's fine Italianate Roman Catholic Church. It was built in 1831-1832 to a design by Father Walter Lovi in collaboration with William Robertson. Father Lovi travelled extensively, soliciting donations towards the building of the church. The church is said to have been modelled on Santa Maria degli Angeli in Rome, but I cannot see any resemblance http://www.santamariadegliangeliroma.it/paginamastersing.html?codice_url=esterno&lingua=ITALIANO&ramo_home=Photo_Gallery. There is, however, a passing resemblance to Santa Maria degli Angeli near Assisi in Perugia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basilica_of_Santa_Maria_degli_Angeli though St Thomas' is very much plainer. See Image] for a similar view in 1983.
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Image Location
Latitude
57.538592
Longitude
-2.953914