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05 February 2026, The Tablet

Sacred Heart in Wimbledon, with its post-Vatican II extended sanctuary and forward altar. The beam-mounted rood was preserved

Catholic features in The Tablet: architecture and Vatican II

I am here as part of research for a book I am writing about the reordering of churches that followed the liturgical changes mandated by the Second Vatican Council. The parish priest, Canon David Gibbons, is well versed on the subject. He headed the art and architecture committee at the Archdiocese of Southwark for 21 years until 2020, when he became chair of the Southern Historic Churches Committee, which covers four ­dioceses in the south of England.

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