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Detached nine-bay double-height Catholic church, designed 1948; built 1949-51; opened 1951, on a rectangular plan comprising eight-bay double-height nave opening into single-bay double-height chancel (west). Pitched slate roofs with clay ridge tiles, "Cavetto" coping to gables on "Cavetto" kneelers with Cross finials to apexes including "Cavetto" coping to gable to entrance (east) front on "Cavetto" kneelers with drag edged ashlar buttressed gabled bellcote to apex framing cast-bronze bell, and cast-iron rainwater goods on "Cavetto" consoles retaining cast-iron downpipes. Gritdashed roughcast walls on chamfered cushion course on rendered plinth with tuck pointed drag edged ashlar buttresses including tuck pointed drag edged ashlar buttresses to corners having "slated" coping; gritdashed roughcast surface finish to entrance (east) front on chamfered cushion course on rendered plinth with tuck pointed drag edged ashlar gabled stepped buttresses having "slated" coping. Lancet window openings with drag edged block-and-start surrounds having chamfered reveals framing fixed-pane fittings having leaded stained glass margins centred on leaded stained glass panels. Lancet "Trinity Window" to chancel (west) with drag edged block-and-start surrounds having chamfered reveals framing storm glazing over fixed-pane fittings having leaded stained glass margins centred on leaded stained glass panels. Pointed-arch door opening to entrance (east) front with two precast concrete steps, drag edged block-and-start surround having chamfered rebated reveals with hood moulding over framing diagonal timber boarded or tongue-and-groove timber panelled double doors. Pair of pointed-arch window openings with cinquefoil "Rose Window" to gable, drag edged block-and-start surrounds having chamfered reveals with hood mouldings over framing storm glazing over fixed-pane fittings having leaded stained glass margins centred on leaded stained glass panels. Interior including vestibule (east); pointed segmental-headed door openings into nave with glazed timber panelled double doors; full-height interior open into roof with choir gallery (east) below stained glass windows (----), tiled central aisle between cruciform-detailed timber pews, Gothic-style timber stations between stained glass windows (1951), exposed braced scissor truss timber roof construction on cut-granite "Cavetto" corbels with wind braced rafters to ceiling on carved timber cornice, Gothic-style pulpit on an octagonal plan with Classical-style baptismal font on a circular plan, and carpeted stepped dais to sanctuary (west) retaining arcaded communion railings with pointed-arch chancel arch framing cut-veined white marble panelled high altar below stained glass memorial "Trinity Window" (----). Set in landscaped grounds with piers to perimeter having roll moulded gabled capping supporting cast-iron double gates.
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