St Alban the Martyr
Brooke Street
London
EC1N 7RD
T: 020 7405 1831
E: vicarstalbanholborn@tiscali.co.uk
Visitor Information
Sunday
09:30 – Sung Parish Mass
11:00 – Solemn Mass
Monday – Friday
13:10 – Low Mass (in the Mackonochie Chapel)
Wednesday & Friday
18:30 – Low Mass (in the Mackonochie Chapel)
Thursday (during school terms)
09:30 – School Service
Saturday
10:00 – Low Mass (in the Mackonochie Chapel)
The following, is an excerpt of an article that was written by our archivist, Harold Holwell, and gives a flavour of the history of our Church:
A Fortieth Anniversary of the consecration of a church in 2001, in a parish founded in the Victorian heyday of Anglo Catholicism, may seem a little odd. But the great church of St Alban the Martyr, Holborn in the heart of London, built by a leading architect of the day, William Butterfield in 1863, was destined to last for only 78 years and on the night of 16th April 1941 was largely destroyed by firebombs.
When the war ended Adrian Gilbert Scott was asked to produce a new, more economical design and he incorporated several features of the old building that had survived the fire more or less intact, including the massive saddleback tower, the east wall and the chapel built in 1891 to honour the memory of Father Mackonochie, the first Vicar.
The new Church introduced the fruits of modern liturgical changes as well, the high altar was free standing and the tabernacle built centrally into the east wall. The new church was consecrated in 1961.