page_title: Sacred Heart Church, Hillsborough
section_title: The Church
hierarchical_section_title: Sacred Heart Church, Hillsborough / The Church
caption_attribution_description: Main door to Sacred Heart Church, Forbes Road, Hillsborough, Sheffield
context_page_description: Sacred Heart Church is located in Forbes Road in the Hillsborough district of the city of Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England at grid reference SK333894. It is a Roman Catholic church in the Diocese of Hallam and is a Grade II listed building. The church is situated in an elevated position and its tower is a prominent landmark in the area.
context_section_description: The church was designed by the architect C. M. Hadfield (of Hadfield & Son) and was constructed from specially made thin red bricks with an unusual surface texture. The external brickwork facing is unusual in that it employs Monk bond coursing which is rarely used. It has been called "one of the best interwar churches in Sheffield". Originally, the church had just one large bell supplied by John Taylor Bellfounders of Loughborough. It weighs over one ton and is in the tone of "D". In 1948 the bell tower was strengthened and a peal of smaller bells was added by the same company to complement the tenor bell. The bells are played in the manner of a carillon. The sculptor Philip Lindsey Clark (1889–1977) carved the 14 Stations of the Cross which are arranged around the internal walls, his other contributions are the statue of the Sacred Heart at the main door and the carvings in the tympanum above the door which is made of Portland stone. The tympanum depicts scenes from a pilgrimage to Lourdes and the figure in the water may be that of Alfred Wood, a parishioner who was cured of his paralysis during a pilgrimage in 1930. Canon Dunsford and the architect are depicted in the tympanum among the pilgrims.
   
  Eric Newton created the mosaics for the reredos behind the altar and above each of the two side chapels, the most striking of which is a figure of the Sacred Heart with supporting angels in the apse. He added more mosaics in the side chapels in 1961 to commemorate the church’s silver jubilee. More changes were made to the sanctuary in the late 1960s as a result of the Second Vatican Council. The altar was moved forward to enable Mass to be celebrated versus populum and at the same time it was shortened, the left-over stone being used to form a table for the tabernacle which remains in its original position at the rear of the sanctuary.
  In 1983 a slightly pitched roof replaced the flat one after the church had trouble with leaks for a number of years. The roof was once again replaced in the late 2000s.
caption: The main doors showing the statue of the Sacred Heart between them. The tympanum above features scenes from a pilgrimage to Lourdes. All sculptured by Philip Lindsey Clark
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