Catholic Church of the Most Holy Trinity — Longsgate

Detached four-bay double-height single-cell Catholic church, built 1817, on a rectangular plan; single-bay three-stage tower to entrance (south) front on a square plan with single-bay single-storey flat-roofed projecting open porch to ground floor. Renovated, ----, with sanctuary reordered. Replacement pitched artificial slate roof with lichen-spotted ridge tiles, slightly sproketed eaves, and cast-iron rainwater goods on rendered eaves retaining cast-iron downpipes. Replacement cement rendered battered walls with rusticated rendered piers to corners. Pointed-arch window openings with drag edged cut-limestone sills, and concealed dressings with hood mouldings framing fixed-pane fittings having stained glass margins centred on leaded stained glass roundels. Pointed-arch door opening (tower) with limestone flagged threshold, and concealed dressings with hood moulding framing timber boarded double doors. Pointed-arch window opening (second stage) with drag edged cut-limestone sill, Y-mullion, and concealed dressings with hood moulding framing storm glazing over fixed-pane fittings having stained glass margins centred on leaded stained glass roundels. Lancet openings (bell stage) with sill course, and concealed dressings framing louvered fittings. Full-height interior with balustraded choir gallery (south) on paired polished marble columns, carpeted central aisle between cruciform-detailed timber pews, timber boarded wainscoting with carved timber dado rail, paired Gothic-style timber stations between leaded stained glass windows (----), moulded plasterwork cornice to vaulted ceiling, and camber-headed chancel arch framing carpeted stepped dais to sanctuary (north) reordered, ----, with cut-white marble panelled altar. Set in landscaped grounds with rendered piers to perimeter having lichen-spotted shallow pyramidal capping supporting flat iron double gates.