Saint Patrick's Catholic Church — Johnstown Bridge

Detached four-bay double-height rubble stone Gothic-style Catholic church, c.1830, comprising three-bay double-height nave, single-bay double-height chancel to north-west having single-bay single-storey sacristy projection to north-west and entrance bay to south-east having single-bay three-stage advanced entrance tower to centre with polygonal needle spire. Gable-ended roofs with slate. Clay ridge tiles. Cut-stone coping to gables. Cast-iron rainwater goods. Cut-stone polygonal needle spire to tower behind battlemented parapet. Iron crucifix finial. Roughcast walls to north-east and to south-west over rubble stone construction. Unpainted. Rendered walls to south-east and to north-west elevations. Painted to south-east. Cut-stone dressings including polygonal piers to corners having finials, diagonal stepped buttresses to tower, stringcourse to each stage and battlemented roof parapet having finials. Pointed-arch window openings. Cut-stone sills. Cut-stone surrounds to south-east. Traceried timber fixed-pane windows, some with stained glass panels. Square-headed window opening to second stage of tower with pointed-arch opening over to top stage. Cut-stone sills, surrounds and hood mouldings over. Louvered timber panelled fittings. Pointed-arch door opening. Cut-stone surround. Hood moulding over. Timber panelled double doors. Fanlight. Full-height interior. Carved timber pews. Timber panelled confessional boxes. Tongue-and-groove timber panelled wainscoting to sill level. Wall-mounted cut-stone memorials. Timber panelled gallery to first floor to south-east approached by spiral staircase. Flat plaster compartmentalised ceiling with coved cornice and decorative rosettes. Decorative plasterwork to chancel in Hindu-Gothic style. Replacement altar fittings, c.1975. Set back from road in own grounds. Lawns and tarmacadam carpark to forecourt.Gateway, c.1830, to south-east comprising pair of rendered piers with moulded capping having cast-iron gates and railings.