On 12 October 1940, St. Wilfrid’s Feast Day, the church was formally opened. The decoration and furnishing of the church is largely the work of the Guild of St Joseph & St Dominic.  On the wall behind the altar on either side of the cross are Our Lady and St. John, flanked by St. Wilfrid and St. Richard of Chichester.  On either side of the sanctuary are bas-reliefs of St. Joseph and St. Theresa of Lisieux (The Little Flower).

Stations of the Cross

The exceptional and striking Stations of the Cross are the work of Sir Frank Brangwyn, the celebrated painter and engraver. Only a very small number of the prints were made of his Stations and the plates were then destroyed.

Statue of St Wilfrid

The statue of St Wilfrid is thought to be of South German workmanship and to date approximately from 1525.

The Font

On 9 January 2000 our new font was blessed. This beautiful font was designed and sculpted by stonemason Paul Wehrle who is also a parishioner of St. Wilfrid’s.

The Parish had decided that it wanted to do something special to mark the New Millennium, so St Wilfrid’s Social Committee organised many fundraising events and together with generous donations from members of the Parish and the Sisters at St. George’s Park and St Anne’s Convent – sufficient funds for the project were soon raised.

Placed in the base of the font is a steel time capsule containing photographs of the congregation together with various other items giving a snapshot of life in the Parish in the year 2000.

Redecoration and Reordering
In July 2010, to coincide with the 70th Anniversary of the first Mass in the Church. The Church was re-opened following a brief closure to complete the decoration.