Saint Therese's Catholic Church — Williamstown

Detached nine-bay double-height Catholic church, built 1956, on a rectangular plan comprising eight-bay double-height nave opening into single-bay double-height chancel (north). Pitched slate roofs, ridge tiles with Cross finial-topped bellcote to apex (north), and replacement uPVC rainwater goods on rendered eaves retaining cast-iron downpipes. Roughcast battered walls on rendered chamfered plinth. Round-headed window openings between roughcast battered buttresses with rendered surrounds having chamfered reveals framing storm glazing over fixed-pane fittings having stained glass margins. Round-headed door opening to entrance (south) front with cut-limestone surround having concave reveals framing timber boarded double doors. "Wheel Window" (gable) with cut-limestone cruciform mullion, and cut-limestone surround having ogee reveals framing fixed-pane fittings having leaded stained glass panels. Full-height interior with choir gallery (south) below stained glass "Wheel Window", central aisle between timber pews, timber stations between frosted glass windows, carpeted stepped dais to sanctuary (north) with round-headed chancel arch framing Crown of Thorns-detailed altar, and moulded cornice to elliptical vaulted coffered ceiling. Set in landscaped grounds.