Catholic Church of Saint John Paul II — Raheen

Detached two-bay double-height single-cell Catholic church, built 1814, on a rectangular plan with single-bay single-storey gabled projecting porch to entrance (west) front. "Improved", 1938-9, producing present composition. Renovated, ----, with sanctuary reordered. Pitched slate roofs including pitched (gabled) slate roof (porch) with clay ridge tiles, rendered coping to gables including rendered coping to gable to entrance (west) front with Cross finial to apex, and cast-iron rainwater goods on rendered eaves retaining cast-iron downpipes. Gritdashed roughcast walls on rendered plinth with rendered "bas-relief" strips to corners. Round-headed window openings in bipartite arrangement with cut-granite sills, timber Y-mullions, and concealed dressings framing one-over-one timber sash windows having margins. Roundel to gable to entrance (west) front with concealed dressings framing pivot fitting having leaded stained glass panels. Pointed-arch window opening (porch) with cut-granite sill, and concealed dressings framing timber casement windows having overlight. Pointed-arch opposing door openings to "cheeks" with concealed dressings framing timber boarded or tongue-and-groove timber panelled double doors having overpanels. Interior including vestibule (west) with stained glass window (undated); pointed-arch door opening into nave; full-height interior with arcaded choir gallery (west) on chamfered timber pillars, carpeted central aisle between cruciform-detailed timber pews, paired stations (1931) between stained glass windows (undated), carpeted stepped dais to sanctuary (east) reordered, ----, with replacement timber altar table, and vaulted ceiling centred on "Acanthus"-detailed ceiling rose. Set in relandscaped grounds with rendered piers to perimeter having corbelled stepped capping.