Saint Columcille's Catholic Church — Church Street

Detached seven-bay double-height single-cell Gothic-style Catholic church, built 1836-7, on site of earlier church, pre-1800. Pitched slate roof with clay ridge tiles, cut-stone coping to gables having cross finial to apex, and cast-iron rainwater goods on cut-stone eaves having corbels. Granite ashlar wall to front (east) elevation with cut-granite dressings including gabled piers flanking entrance bay, full-height gabled panelled corner piers having elongated pinnacles, medallion to gable having decorative panel, double band over, and random rubble stone walls to remainder. Lancet window openings to nave with cut-stone sills, cut-granite surrounds having chamfered reveals, and fixed-pane timber fittings having lattice glazing. Pointed-arch window openings to east with cut-granite surrounds having chamfered reveals, Y-mullions forming tripartite lancet arrangement over entrance bay having bipartite lancet arrangement to outer bays, and fixed-pane fittings having leaded stained glass panels. Tudor-headed door openings to east (in Tudor-headed recess to central bay) with cut-granite surrounds having chamfered reveals (concave to outer bays), and tongue-and-groove timber panelled double doors. Pointed-arch door opening to nave with cut-granite surround having chamfered reveals, and tongue-and-groove timber panelled double doors. Full-height interior with glazed timber panelled internal porch having double doors, balustraded gallery over to first floor, timber pews, plasterwork hood mouldings to window openings, mosaic-tiled floor to chancel, decorative Gothic-style reredos, and four-centre-arched groin vaulted ceiling having plasterwork ribs. Set back from line of road in own grounds with unpainted rendered boundary wall to front having (a) pair of cut-stone panelled piers flanking iron gate with frieze, and moulded cornice over having cross finial; and (b) pair of cut-stone panelled piers to south with moulded cornices, cut-stone coping, and iron double gates. (ii) Attached three-bay two-storey sacristy/presbytery, built 1837, to west. Pitched slate roof with clay ridge tiles, and cast-iron rainwater goods on overhanging eaves having iron ties. Coursed squared rubble stone walls with dressed stone quoins to corners. Square-headed window openings (containing elliptical-headed openings in bipartite arrangement to first floor) with cut-stone sills, red brick block-and-start surrounds, and three-over-nine timber sash windows to ground floor having six-over-six timber sash windows to first floor. Pointed-arch door opening with red brick block-and-start surround, and timber panelled door. Square-headed door opening to first floor (street level) side (west) elevation approached by five cut-stone steps with red brick block-and-start surround, and iron door.