Dunn and Hansom were the foremost Catholic architects in the North of England and gained such notability from their church-building that they received three of the most prestigious Anglo-Catholic commissions since the Reformation – namely the colleges of Downside, Stonyhurst and Ushaw. Nevertheless, the importance of their contribution has rarely been recognised by architectural historians. This is partly because many of their most impressive buildings lie outside their own region. Another factor was the persistence of anti-Catholicism within Victorian society. Such prejudice was evident in the architectural press, where Catholic ‘chapels’ (as churches were often disparagingly called) received much less attention than Anglican churches.
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