St. Thomas of Canterbury Catholic Church

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The parish was erected in 1790, the first Mass said by a resident priest in 1790 and the church was built in 1791 and set aside for religious worship on 17th April 1792.
The Acts of Catholic Emancipation in 1791 and 1792 allowed Catholics in England build their own places of worship, but they were still required to keep a low profile.

When this Relief Act was passed, Mrs. Heneage and her chaplain, Mr. Simon Lucas, were able to put into operation the building of a church in Newport on Land that Mrs. Heneage had acquired in Pyle Street.

St. Thomas of Canterbury Church was influenced in two ways, by the religious bias of the day, it would have had to be built as a meeting-house or "preaching box", not to cause offence, an to be built in the fashion of the period.

The Presbytery,
96 Pyle Street,
Newport, Isle of Wight
stass.iowrcchurch.org.uk