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Catholic Church of the Sacred Heart — Nurney

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Catholic Church of the Sacred Heart — Nurney
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Detached five-bay double-height Catholic church, c.1840, with lancet-arch openings, single-bay full-height truncated transept to north on a polygonal plan, single-bay full-height truncated transept to south, two-bay single-storey sacristy projection to west and cut-stone bellcote to gable to east. Renovated, c.1970, with single-bay single-storey gabled projecting porches added to north-east and to south. Hipped gabled roof with slate (gable-fronted to east; hipped to sacristy projection; gabled to porches). Clay ridge tiles. Cut-stone coping to gables. Cut-stone bellcote to apex to east. Timber eaves and bargeboards to porches. Cast-iron rainwater goods on eaves course. Roughcast walls. Painted. Lancet-arch window openings (paired to east). Stone sills. 6/6 timber sash windows with traceried heads and some traceried stained glass timber windows. Square-headed door openings to porches. Glazed timber double doors. Full-height interior. Timber pews. Freestanding cantilevered timber panelled gallery to first floor on cast-iron pillars with diagonal tongue-and-groove timber panelling to underside. Marble altar furniture with pedimented reredos to chancel. Set back from road in own grounds. Tarmacadam yard to site with lawns.

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