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Saint Patrick's Catholic Church — Strand Street

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Saint Patrick's Catholic Church — Strand Street
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Detached gable-fronted Catholic church, designed 1935; built 1936-9, flanked by lean-to side aisles, with entrance portico, chancel and single-storey sacristy. Freestanding bell tower to rear.ROOF: Double pitched; lean-to roofs to side aisles; slate; cast-iron rainwater goods. WALLS: Rock faced granite; snecked granite to bell tower; Portland stone statue of Saint Patrick to front elevation. OPENINGS: Square headed door openings; carved granite surrounds; panelled timber double doors; round headed windows; granite surrounds; canted granite cills; stained glass windows, c.1935. INTERIOR: Nave with clerestory windows separated from side aisle by stylised ionic arcades; Celtic plasterwork to archivolts; double pitched exposed timber truss ceiling lean-to to aisles; timber floorboards; terracotta tiles to centre aisle; rectangular apse with marble panelled walls; gallery to rear chapels to either side of vestibule.

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