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Catholic Church of Saint Patrick and Saint Brigid — Main Street

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Catholic Church of Saint Patrick and Saint Brigid — Main Street
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Detached seven-bay single- and two-storey Gothic Revival Catholic church, built 1876-84, comprising seven-bay double-height nave with seven-bay single-storey lean-to side aisles to north-west and to south-east, single-bay single-storey gabled lower projecting bays to north-east and to south-east (including sacristy projection), and entrance bay to south-west. Gable-ended (gable-fronted) roof with slate (behind parapet to gables) (lean-to to side aisles; gabled to projecting bays). Clay ridge tiles. Red clay ridge tiles to projecting bays. Cut-stone coping to gables with cross finials to apexes. Cast-iron rainwater goods on cut-stone eaves band. Coursed snecked limestone walls. Cut-limestone dressings including stepped clasping buttresses with triangular finials. Cut-limestone parapet walls to gables. Paired lancet-arch window openings to side aisles (grouped (four) over entrance to south-west). Cut-stone surrounds. Fixed-pane windows (some with stained glass fittings). Cinquefoil windows to clere-storey (and over entrances to side aisles) in cut-stone medallion surrounds. Fixed-pane windows. Traceried (five-light) window to chancel (north-east) with cut-stone surround having hood moulding over. Decorative rose window over entrance to south-west in lancet-arch frame comprising series of cinquefoil windows with cut-limestone frames. Pointed-arch door openings. Cut-limestone surrounds. Cut-stone voussoirs. Diagonal tongue-and-groove timber panelled double doors. Set back from road in own grounds. Tarmacadam forecourt to front.Freestanding belfry, c.1880, to south-west comprising cut-stone plinth with cast-iron bell over.Gateway, c.1880, to south-west comprising pair of cast-iron panelled piers with cast-iron gates and railings having rendered outer piers.

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