The Maryvale Institute in Oscott
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The Maryvale Institute in Oscott
Image: © Richard Law Taken: 9 Aug 2018
The oldest part of this unusual building dates from 1752, when it was built for the local Roman Catholic Bishop Thomas Hornyhold, but it's been altered and extended plenty in the meantime. The whole construction was given a Grade II* listing https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101076213-maryvale-institute-oscott-ward#.W6eIQNQrLGg in 1995. To quote a small portion of the listing text:- "Maryvale is very significant in the history of the Roman Catholic Church in England. It was a Roman Catholic Mission in the C17 and from 1794-1834 the Catholic Seminary of the Midlands." It is now a Catholic study centre https://www.maryvale.ac.uk/
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Image Location
Latitude
52.54848
Longitude
-1.892303