Local History

The Church of the Ascension

Take a look. The Church of the Ascension was a large brick building in gothic style which stood on Hazelwell Street from 1901. With the building of the Pineapple estate, a mission chapel dedicated to St Hughe was set up in a wooden building in Pineapple Grove. After a disastrous fire in 1965, the Church of the Ascension had to be demolished. It was rebuilt in a contemporary style in 1973 adjacent to St Hughe’s mission hall which then became the church hall.

The Church of the Ascension   Now on Pineapple road Serving as a vibrant community hub, it operates within the Anglo-Catholic / Modern Catholic tradition