Saint Mary's Catholic Church — Abbey Street

Detached four-bay double-height double-cell Catholic church, built 1937-8; opened 1938, on a rectangular plan. Closed, 2002. Now disused. Pitched (M-profile) slate roof with clay ridge tiles, lichen-covered concrete coping to gables on "Cavetto"-detailed thumbnail beaded kneelers with Cross finials to apexes, and cast-iron rainwater goods on "Cavetto" consoles on rendered eaves retaining cast-iron octagonal or ogee hoppers and downpipes. Roughcast wall to entrance (west) front on rendered plinth with bellcote-topped rendered "turret" piers to corners; roughcast surface finish (remainder) on rendered plinth with rusticated rendered quoins to corners. Pointed-arch window openings (north) with dragged cut-limestone mullions, and dragged cut-limestone surrounds with hood mouldings framing storm glazing over fixed-pane fittings having stained glass margins centred on leaded stained glass panels. Pointed-arch window openings (south) with concrete sills, Y-mullions, and block-and-start surrounds having chamfered reveals framing storm glazing over fixed-pane fittings having leaded stained glass margins centred on leaded stained glass panels. Pointed-arch window opening (north-east) with dragged cut-limestone mullions, and dragged cut-limestone surround with hood moulding framing storm glazing over fixed-pane fittings having leaded stained glass margins centred on leaded stained glass panels. Lancet "Trinity Window" (south-east) with concrete sills, and concealed dressings framing storm glazing over fixed-pane fittings having stained glass margins centred on leaded stained glass panels. "Rose Windows" to entrance (west) front, concrete surrounds having chamfered reveals with hood mouldings on monolithic label stops framing storm glazing over fixed-pane fittings having stained glass margins centred on leaded stained glass panels. Full-height interior with pointed-arch central arcade on rebated pillars; (north): Gothic-style timber panelled choir gallery (west) on a bowed plan below stained glass memorial "Rose Window" (1908), timber boarded wainscoting with timber dado rail, Classical-style timber memorial stations between stained glass memorial windows (1913), mosaic tiled cut-veined white marble stepped dais to sanctuary (east) with arcaded railing centred on quatrefoil-detailed cut-veined white marble Gothic-style altar below stained glass memorial "East Window" (1878) in mosaic tiled surround, and timber boarded coved ceiling centred on oil paintings (1912) in decorative plasterwork frames; (south): "Rose Window" (----), timber boarded wainscoting with timber dado rail, Classical-style timber memorial stations between stained glass memorial windows (----), mosaic tiled cut-veined white marble stepped dais to lady altar (east) with arcaded railing centred on quatrefoil-detailed cut-veined white marble Gothic-style altar below stained glass memorial "Trinity Window" (1947) in mosaic tiled surround, and coved ceiling centred ventilation roses in decorative plasterwork frames. Set in landscaped grounds on an elevated site with bull nose-detailed rendered panelled piers to perimeter having roll moulded gabled capping supporting quatrefoil-detailed cast-iron double gates.