Saint James's Catholic Church — Carracastle

Detached six-bay double-height Catholic church, built 1877; opened 1877, 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). Renovated, 1970, with sanctuary reordered. Pitched slate roof on a cruciform plan, roll moulded clay ridge tiles with tooled limestone ashlar buttressed gabled bellcote to apex to entrance (west) front framing embossed cast-bronze bell, and cast-iron rainwater goods on box eaves retaining cast-iron downpipes. Repointed snecked rock faced rubble stone walls with benchmark-inscribed drag edged tooled hammered limestone flush quoins to corners including drag edged tooled hammered limestone buttresses to corners to entrance (north-west) front having drag edged tooled cut-limestone "slated" coping. Lancet window openings with repointed drag edged tooled hammered limestone block-and-start surrounds having chamfered reveals framing storm glazing over fixed-pane fittings having stained glass margins centred on square glazing bars. Paired lancet window openings (transepts) with repointed drag edged tooled hammered limestone block-and-start surrounds having chamfered reveals framing storm glazing over fixed-pane fittings having stained glass margins centred on leaded stained glass panels. Lancet "Trinity Window" (east) with repointed drag edged tooled hammered limestone block-and-start surrounds having chamfered reveals framing storm glazing over fixed-pane fittings having leaded stained glass panels. Paired lancet window openings to entrance (west) front with repointed drag edged tooled hammered limestone block-and-start surrounds having chamfered reveals framing storm glazing over fixed-pane fittings having stained glass margins centred on leaded stained glass panels. Pointed-arch door openings (transepts) with repointed drag edged tooled cut- or hammered limestone block-and-start surrounds having chamfered reveals framing timber boarded double doors. Full-height interior remodelled, 1970, with dragged cut-limestone stoups (west), carpeted central aisle between timber pews, paired stations between stained glass memorial windows (----) with round-headed arches (transepts) framing paired stained glass memorial windows (----), and pointed-arch chancel arch framing herring bone-pattern timber parquet stepped dais to crossing (east) with carpeted stepped "predella" supporting Gothic-style altar (1884) below stained glass memorial "Trinity Window" (----). Set in landscaped grounds.