Catholic Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel — Lower Catholic Walk

Freestanding Gothic Revival cruciform-plan gable-fronted double-height Catholic church, built c.1840, having three-bay façade surmounted by ornate ashlar limestone pinnacles to front (south-east), three-bay nave (north-east and south-west) elevations, and single-bay transepts with single-bay single-storey porches to side elevations. Later ambulatory to rear (north-west), two-bay single-storey sacristy to side (south-west) and recent flat-roofed extensions to side (north-east) and rear elevations. Attached parochial house to north-east. Pitched slate roof with tooled limestone coping to gables, carved limestone pinnacles to transepts, snecked limestone chimneystack to sacristy and uPVC rainwater goods throughout. Ashlar limestone to front elevation having carved sill and string courses and corner pilasters. Roughcast rendered walls to side and rear elevations. Group of three pointed arch window openings to front elevation surmounted by single carved limestone hood-moulding, with intersecting timber tracery and lead-lined stained glass windows. Pointed arch window openings to side elevations of nave having lead-lined stained glass windows with intersecting timber tracery. Pointed arch door openings to front elevation having double-leaf timber battened doors and cut limestone hood moulding. Pointed arch door openings to porches with double-leaf timber battened doors. Carved vaulted timber ceiling to interior with raised cruck frame having red marble supporting columns with foliated capitals and angelic bust corbels. Carved timber gallery to rear, and marble altar and ornate reredos to front. Freestanding cast-iron bell tower to east.