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Catholic Church of the Sacred Heart — Herbertstown

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Catholic Church of the Sacred Heart — Herbertstown
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Detached cruciform-plan gable-fronted Roman Catholic church, built in 1837, comprising four-bay nave with extension to rear (east) elevation and gable-fronted porches to transepts, west elevation. Pitched slate roofs having open work bellcote to front (west) elevation with wrought-iron cross finial. Rendered walls with render plinth course and corner buttresses to front elevation. Pointed arch opening having render hoodmoulding, limestone tracery and stained glass windows. Lancet openings to nave with stained glass windows and painted stone sills. Pointed arch openings to transepts, north and south elevations having timber tracery, stained glass windows and limestone sills. Pointed arch opening with render hoodmoulding and double-leaf timber battened doors. Square-headed openings to porches having double-leaf timber battened doors. Carved marble altar to interior. Timber gallery to west with pointed arch panels. Pair of square-profile rendered piers to west having carved caps with cast-iron cross finials, double-leaf cast-iron gates, cast-iron railings and rendered plinths.

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