St Tarcisius Church, Camberley

St Tarcisius Church is a Gothic Revival building in Camberley constructed from Bargate stone with a crenellated tower and large windows featuring intricate tracery. The structure displays the refined architectural details characteristic of early 20th-century revival style.

Architect Frederick Walters designed the church, which opened in 1924 as a memorial to British Catholic military officers from World War I. Before the permanent structure, a temporary iron church had stood on the site starting in 1884.

The stained glass windows by Paul Woodroffe cast colored light across the interior, shaping how visitors experience the space. Oak pews and marble memorial plaques throughout the building connect visitors to the people whose lives unfolded here.

The church operates as part of the Camberley and Bagshot parish and shares Mass schedules with neighboring Catholic parishes in the area. Visitors should check in advance as worship times are coordinated across multiple locations.

Lady Southwell donated the land for this site in 1879, a gift that set the stage for everything that followed. The gap between this initial donation and the building's completion decades later reveals how drawn-out ambitious religious construction projects could be in that era.

Location: Surrey Heath

Inception: November 18, 1924

Architects: Frederick Walters

Architectural style: Gothic Revival

Website: http://cbparish.co.uk

GPS coordinates: 51.33830,-0.75050

Latest update: December 13, 2025 17:08