Saint Mary's Catholic Church — Legan

Freestanding Roman Catholic church on cruciform-shaped plan, built c. 1835, having three-bay nave elevations, two-bay transepts to the northeast and southwest having gable-fronted entrance porches to the end bays, on southwest elevations and gable-fronted porch to southwest elevation of nave and chancel to the northeast. Single-bay single-storey lean-to extension to rear elevation of northwest transept (northeast) and three-bay single-storey sacristy/extension to the northeast side of the southeast transepts. Pitched natural slate roofs with wrought-iron cross finials to porches and transept gables and with rendered gabled bellcote to entrance gable/southwest end of nave having wrought-iron cross finial over. Roughcast rendered walls over smooth rendered plinth course. Cast-iron rainwater goods. Pointed arch lancet window openings with rendered surrounds and stained glass lattice windows. Three graded lancet openings to the chancel gable having painted brick dressings. Pointed arch door openings to porches with rendered surrounds having timber battened double doors and stained glass overlights. Timber A-frame roof to interior. Pointed chancel arch with Corinthian style pilasters. Gallery to nave gable having cusped/trefoil-headed detailing to solid parapet and supported on cast-iron column. Set back from road in own grounds to the centre of Legan. Bounded by rendered and exposed rubble stone boundary walls with wrought-iron gates. Main entrance gates to the southwest comprising ashlar limestone piers (on square-plan) with ornate carved caps and decorative wrought-iron gates having spear finials over. Spear-headed railings and side gate on ashlar limestone plinths terminating in second pair of piers.