Catholic Church of the Immaculate Conception — Main Street

Freestanding gable-fronted Roman Catholic church, begun in 1922 and opened in 1925, comprising seven-bay nave and six-bay side aisles with gable-fronted porches having chamfered corners. Square-plan three-stage tower to front (south) elevation having battered base, two-bay single-storey chapel to west and three-bay single-storey sacristy to east elevation. Pitched slate roof having cast-iron ridge crestings, limestone copings with cross finials and bracketed eaves course. Limestone spire having crenellations and wrought-iron finial. Limestone chimneystack to sacristy. Snecked limestone walls having stringcourse and inscribed plaque to front. Stained glass oculus over round-headed stained glass windows to front elevation. Stained glass oculi to nave with limestone surrounds. Oculi to nave north end bays having inset quatrefoil stained glass windows. Round-headed openings having limestone surrounds and stained glass windows. Round-headed openings to tower. Round-headed opening with limestone hoodmoulding and double-leaf timber battened doors. Round-headed openings to porches having limestone hoodmouldings and double-leaf timber battened doors with cast-iron strap hinges. Round-headed opening to chapel having limestone chamfered surround and double-leaf timber battened doors with wrought-iron strap hinges. Timber scissors brace roof to interior. Pointed arch arcade having marble columns with render capitals. Timber gallery. Timber gallery to rear of church. Pair of square-profile snecked limestone piers and boundary walls with cast-iron railings.