From "... the mission chapel of St George .. small building, made of Kentish ragstone was opened in 1849 by Dr. (later Cardinal) Nicholas Wiseman, who was then living at Shern Hall and was one of the trustees. ... the second St George's was opened on the 8th December 1901 by Cardinal Vaughan. It was a massive brick building in the Early English style with circular apse and domed roof and a Lady chapel on the north side. Six other chapels were added later." This church burnt down on 2 April 1993. The new, and current St George's was opened in 1996.
That site has one photo of the original small chapel and a number of photos of the 1901 church including one of it in flames, and one of the ruins.
shows the chapel. This c.1903 photo and show the 1901 church, together with the rectory (which survived the fire) and the 1930s club/church hall/pre-school.
This photo shows the church in 1903, viewed from the road, the north-east. The building at the left has survived and is probably Church House. It has an unexpected piece of Gothic tracery in the entrance arch, which we thought might have been retrieved in 1993 from the burnt-out church but we see in this photo that it was already in situ in 1903.
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