A temporary iron church was established on Station in Wood Green in 1884, just to the west of the junction with Mayes Road. That building is still visible on the right of this picture. St. Paul's Roman Catholic school opened in the same year using the temporary church building. A one-storey brick schoolhouse was built behind the church building in 1885.
The Romanesque style church pictured above was opened in 1904, built to designs by ecclesiastical architect Edward Goldie.
Church opening ceremony 1904
Church interior, c1905
This building was replaced in 1970-71 by a new hall and a large new church, designed by John Rochford and Partner of Sheffield, along with a new presbytery and school, all forming a single complex.
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My family lived in Barratt Avenue from 1945 amongst mainly Catholic members of that church. Many of them didn't like us 'protestants', some wouldn't allow their children to play with us. The priest at St Pauls once threw me out of the church entrance when I was sheltering from rain, he knew! Didn't do much harm, it made it more exiting for their offspring to have a friendship with us. I'm still in contact with a few. Picture:- Barratt Avenue Kids.few.
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