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Detached six-bay double-height Catholic cathedral, built 1827-37; dated 1829, on a cruciform plan comprising four-bay double-height nave opening into single-bay (single-bay deep) double-height transepts centred on single-bay double-height chancel to crossing (east) with single-bay double-height flanking chapels; single-bay three-stage tower to entrance (west) front on a square plan supporting octagonal spire. Completed, 1853-4. Renovated, 1891-3, with interior "improved". Dedicated, 1893. "Restored", 1912. Renovated, 1931, with interior "improved". Renovated, 1970, with sanctuary reordered. Interior including vestibule (west) on an octagonal plan with mosaic tiled floor; square-headed door opening into nave with glazed timber panelled double doors; full-height interior with perforated timber panelled organ gallery (west) supporting timber pipe organ, tessellated central aisle between cruciform-detailed timber pews, pointed-arch arcades on panelled octagonal piers with clustered panelled octagonal piers to crossing (east), groin vaulted ceiling with moulded plasterwork ribs centred on decorative plasterwork "bosses", inlaid cut-white marble floor monument (ob. 1911), carpeted cut-veined white marble stepped dais to sanctuary to crossing (east) reordered, 1970, with quatrefoil-detailed cut-veined white marble panelled altar (1831-2) below stained glass memorial "East Window" (ob. 1873) in mosaic tiled surround, floor monuments (ob. 1891; 1893) to transepts, stepped daises to side altars with Gothic-style altars (1892; 1900) below stained glass memorial windows (????) in mosaic tiled surrounds, mosaic tiled wainscoting to side aisles centred on paired Gothic-style timber panelled confessional boxes (1899), stained glass memorial windows (1893-1902) between oil painted stations (1831-2), and groin vaulted ceilings with moulded plasterwork ribs on engaged octagonal corbels centred on decorative plasterwork "bosses". Set in relandscaped grounds.
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