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Freestanding cruciform-plan gable-fronted double-height Roman Catholic church, dated 1831. Comprising three-bay nave with single-bay double-height transepts to sides (north-east, south-west). Single-bay double-height gable-fronted chancel to rear (south-east) with two-bay single-storey sacristy to side (south-west). Recent two-bay single-storey boiler house to side (south-west) of southern transept. Single-bay single-storey gable-fronted porch to side (north-east) elevation of nave. Pitched artificial slate roofs having tooled limestone gable copings on corbels, having carved limestone cross finials to gables, rendered eaves courses and cast-iron rainwater goods. Tooled limestone bellcote surmounted by cross finial to front (north-west) elevation of nave. Flat rendered roof to boiler house with concealed rainwater goods and cast-iron downpipe. Rendered chimneystack to sacristy. Recent skylights to chancel. Rendered walls throughout having rendered corner sited buttresses and plinth. Tooled limestone date plaque to front elevation of nave. Pointed arch window openings with render sills throughout, having lead-lined stained glass windows to nave, transepts and side (south-east) elevation of sacristy. Lead-lined lattice work windows to side (south-west) elevation of boiler house. Group of three lights with chamfered tooled limestone sills and block-and-start surrounds to front and side (south-east) elevations of nave, having chamfered tooled limestone voussoirs and lead-lined stained glass windows with stained glass margins. Triangular window opening to side (south-west, north-east) elevations of transepts having single-pane windows. Pointed arch door openings throughout, having diminishing tooled limestone surround to front elevation, with tooled limestone plinth and impost blocks, recent render ramp to approach and double-leaf glazed timber doors. Flanked by tooled limestone piscina. Glazed timber door to side (south-east) elevation of sacristy surmounted by tripartite overlight. Glazed-timber door to front elevation of northern porch. Square-headed door opening to side (south-west) elevation of boiler house having timber battened and louvered door. Arch-braced timber roof to interior of nave springing from tooled limestone corbels. Recent interior timber porch to north-west end of nave beneath timber balcony having decorative timber panels and timber supporting columns with decorative brackets. Timber Stations of the Cross to walls. Pointed arch flanked by statues of Blessed Virgin Mary and Saint Joseph to chancel with render vaulted ceiling to interior. Carved white marble reredos, pulpit and altar depicting Christ carrying Cross flanked by engaged polychrome columns. Marble baptismal font with white marble railing to eastern end of northern transept. Side chapel to north-west corner of nave to Blessed Virgin Mary. Millennium grotto to north-east of church depicting Christ as child. Three-bay single-storey toilet block to east of church. Rendered enclosing walls having render coping and square-profile piers with single and double-leaf wrought-iron gates.
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