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Coronation Crescent, TELFORD, TF7 5EJ

Madeley's Catholic Primary school for 5-11 year olds. This view was taken from what used to be the school's playing fields and football pitches. I'm not sure now though who owns the land.

...for the local children of Coronation Crescent.

Closer shot of the school, where the entrances are.

The fields that were formerly part of the school. I guess they still could be, but there are now railings that separate them.

A rare building, albeit much altered over the years. It essentially dates from the late 1760s, and was built as a Catholic Priest's house, with an attached chapel to the rear, at a time when Catholic worship was still illegal. The rendering seen on this side elevation is a relatively recent 'improvement' although much of the main structure is in the coursed sandstone visible to the right (rear) of the building. More or less derelict in the 1990s, but saved by conversion to parish rooms and resurrection of its use as a presbytery, the whole was Grade II listed in 2014 https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101416158-presbytery-of-roman-catholic-church-of-st-mary-madeley#.W88jddQrLGh, where there is a much more comprehensive description and contextual history. Part of the listing submission from that time states that "Madeley has clear historic interest as a very rare survivor of a building used for Catholic worship prior to the first Catholic Reform Act of 1778 when public Catholic worship was still illegal in England. Very few examples of this building type are known to survive and only a handful are listed", and mentions two or three others around the country, notably in Northumberland and another at Otterbourne in Hampshire (neither of which appear to be photographed on this site at present)

A large, late 18th century town house, which developed over the following century or so as the premises of a prosperous grocer in Madeley, who added warehousing, outbuildings and cottages to the rear for his staff. The whole place was Grade II listed https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101033279-66-and-67-high-street-madeley#.W88YZNQrLGg in 1983. Sadly some of the outbuildings have been demolished prior to the listing, but the essence of the group remains intact. It's currently in use as offices.