Saint Mary's Catholic Church — Bailey Street

Detached east-facing gable-fronted Catholic church, built c.1860, with six-bay side aisles with clerestorey over, single-bay chancel, and with twentieth-century sacristy to north. Pitched slate roofs with limestone cross finials, cast-iron rainwater goods and cut limestone eaves course and copings. Snecked roughly-dressed limestone walls with plinth, stepped limestone buttresses, and with string course to gable front. Pointed-arch window openings, double-light to side walls, triple and five-light to gable-front and seven-light to chancel, all with carved limestone tracery, hood-mouldings and stained glass. Pointed order-arch main door opening with engaged colonettes and hood-moulding, with timber battened double-leaf door. Pointed-arch door openings to north and south elevations, latter now window, with timber battened doors under hood-mouldings. Timber coffered ceiling to interior and clustered limestone columns to arcade separating nave and side aisles, and with elaborate sculpted marble reredos to altar. Cast-iron belfry to southwest and flights of limestone steps leading up to front of church. Snecked and cut limestone boundary walls and piers to site with cast-iron railings and gates.