St Mary’s College Chapel, Oscott

AJ Electrics has completed a comprehensive interior lighting upgrade for the magnificent Chapel at St Mary’s College, Oscott – the major seminary of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Birmingham.

The college was founded (at Maryvale) in May 1794 for the training of priests and the present buildings at New Oscott were completed in 1838 to designs by Joseph Potter and Augustus Welby Pugin.

The brief was to design and supply a creative lighting scheme that would greatly increase the lighting levels with the Chapel whilst also offering a significant degree of flexibility with various lighting levels for the numerous different liturgical activities that take place within the Chapel daily. To enhance many of the existing architectural features within the Chapel and provide selected lighting for both East and West facing services and for occasional concert performances.