Saint Brendan's Catholic Church — Tierna

Detached six-bay double-height Catholic church, built 1918; dedicated 1921, on a cruciform plan comprising three-bay double-height nave opening into single-bay (two-bay deep) double-height double-pile transepts centred on single-bay double-height chancel to crossing (east); single-bay single-storey flat-roofed re-entrant porches (west) on engaged octagonal plans. Renovated, 1954. Renovated, ----, with sanctuary reordered. Reroofed, 2010. Replacement pitched slate roofs on a cruciform plan with ridge tiles, and uPVC rainwater goods on box eaves. Rendered walls on rendered chamfered plinth with rendered battered buttresses piers to corners; roughcast surface finish to entrance (west) front. Paired round-headed window openings with concealed dressings framing storm glazing over fixed-pane fittings having lattice glazing bars. Grouped shouldered square-headed window openings (transepts) with concealed dressings framing storm glazing over fixed-pane fittings having lattice glazing bars. Roundels (gables) with concealed dressings framing storm glazing over fixed-pane fittings having lattice glazing bars. Round-headed "Trinity Window" (east) with concealed dressings framing storm glazing over fixed-pane fittings having leaded stained glass panels. Paired round-headed window openings to entrance (west) front with concealed dressings framing storm glazing over fixed-pane fittings having lattice glazing bars. Full-height interior with Classical-style timber panelled confessional box (west), central aisle between timber pews, Gothic-style timber stations (1891) between frosted glass windows, elliptical-headed arcades on drum pillars, and carpeted stepped dais to sanctuary to crossing (east) reordered, ----, with "lozenge"-detailed cut-veined white marble panelled altar below stained glass "Trinity Window" (----). Set in relandscaped grounds on a slightly elevated site.