Catholic Cathedral of the Most Holy Trinity — Barronstrand Street

Detached six-bay double-height Classical-style Catholic cathedral, built 1793, originally on a T-shaped plan comprising six-bay double-height nave with four-bay double-height side aisles to north and to south. Extended, 1829, comprising single-bay double-height chancel to east. Renovated, 1854, with single-bay double-height lower apse added to east on a canted plan. Completed, 1893 - 1897, with five-bay two-storey Ionic frontispiece added to entrance (west) elevation with three-bay two-storey pedimented breakfront. Hipped slate roofs on a T-shaped plan behind parapet (polygonal to apse) with clay ridge tiles, and cast-iron rainwater goods on cut-stone eaves. Unpainted rendered walls with rendered stringcourse. Limestone ashlar wall to frontispiece with cut-limestone dressings including full-height Ionic pilaster strips (paired to breakfront), moulded stringcourses, plain frieze, dentilated moulded cornice, moulded surround to pediment having figurative tympanum, statuary over, and balustraded parapet with cut-stone coping. Round-headed window openings in round-headed recessed panels with cut-stone sills. Round- and square-headed window openings to frontispiece with moulded cut-stone sill course, cut-stone surrounds, and triangular and segmental pediments on consoles. Fixed-pane leaded stained glass windows to all openings. Square-headed door openings to side aisles with cut-stone pedimented doorcase, and timber panelled double doors. Square-headed door openings to frontispiece in round-headed recessed panels with moulded cut-stone archivolts on moulded stringcourse, timber panelled double doors, and carved detailing to panels. Full-height interior open into roof dressed, c.1860 - c.1885, with tiled floors, carved timber pews, round-headed arcade to side aisles on Corinthian columns, timber panelled gallery to first floor on a U-shaped plan on Ionic pillars (with bowed section to choir gallery to west), stained glass windows (1885), organ (1870) to west, groin vaulted ceiling, and round arch to apse having carved timber altar and decorative baldacchino (1881) sheltering high altar. Set back from line of road with concrete brick cobbled forecourt to front.