Saint Peter's Catholic Church — Glenbrien

Detached three-bay double-height Catholic church, built 1801-3; dated 1803, on a T-shaped plan comprising two-bay double-height nave opening into single-bay (single-bay deep) double-height transepts centred on chancel to crossing (north); single-bay single-storey gabled projecting porch to entrance (south) front. Renovated, 1876, with interior "improved". Renovated, 1977, with sanctuary reordered. Rededicated, 2003. Undergoing "restoration", 2007. Replacement pitched slate roof on a T-shaped plan with clay ridge tiles, coping to gables on cut-granite ogee kneelers with cut-granite Cross finials to apexes, coping to gable to entrance (south) front on cut-granite ogee kneelers with tuck pointed cut-granite gabled bellcote to apex framing embossed cast-bronze bell, and no rainwater goods on rendered eaves retaining cast-iron downpipes. Replacement cement rendered walls bellcast over rendered plinth. Pointed-arch window openings in bipartite arrangement with cut-granite sills, timber Y-mullions, and concealed dressings framing six-over-six timber sash windows having Y-tracery glazing bars (west) or fixed-pane fittings having leaded stained glass panels (east). Pointed-arch window opening to entrance (south) front with cut-granite sill, timber Y-mullion, and concealed dressings framing four-over-six timber sash windows having Y-tracery glazing bars. Interior including vestibule (south) with timber boarded vaulted ceiling; square-headed door opening into nave with replacement glazed timber double doors; full-height interior undergoing "restoration", 2007, with choir gallery (south), carpeted central aisle between replacement timber pews, paired timber stations, cut-veined white marble stepped dais to sanctuary to crossing (north) reordered, 1977, with cut-veined white marble Gothic-style panelled altar, and egg-and-dart-detailed decorative plasterwork cornice to vaulted ceiling centred on "Acanthus"-detailed ceiling roses in decorative plasterwork frames. Set in landscaped grounds.