Saint Patrick's Catholic Church — Church Street

Freestanding Roman Catholic church on cruciform plan, built c.1867, comprising a three-bay nave to the north, single-bay transepts to the east and the west, a shallow chancel to the south and a two-stage tower on square-plan having a broached spire over (with lucarnes and with a wrought-iron cross finial over), attached to the west side of the nave/entrance gable (north). Single-bay gable-fronted entrance porch to the north side of the west elevation of nave and various gable-fronted side chapels, a sacristy and entrance porches attached to the south side of the transepts. Pitched natural slate roofs with raised cut stone verges to gable ends having cut stone cross finials to apexes, clay ridge tiles and projecting eaves courses. Constructed of buff-coloured squared rubble stone with extensive ashlar limestone trim, including clasping and corner buttresses, dressings to the openings and flush quoins to the corners. Spire constructed of ashlar limestone. Rendered finish to chancel gable and to the south faces of transepts. Pointed-arched window openings to nave, pointed-arched windows with paired lights and Geometric tracery to end elevations of transepts (west and east), pointed-arched window opening to entrance gable/nave (north) having a triple-light Geometric window, quatrefoil windows to the north faces of transepts and a four-light window with Geometric tracery to the chancel gable. Pointed-arched doorcases with flush ashlar limestone surrounds and timber doors and double doors. Interesting interior with Victorian pictorial stained glass windows and with ashlar columns on octagonal-plan supporting pointed-arched openings to transepts from main body of church. Set back from road in extensive mature shared grounds, along with associated parochial house (15317023), to the southeast corner of Church Street. Wrought-iron gates and railings and cast-iron gate posts having cross finial over to the southwest side of site. Ashlar limestone plinth wall with cast-iron railings over and moulded ashlar limestone gate piers supporting cast-iron gates to the street-frontage (north).