Saint Patrick's Catholic Church — Long Street

Detached eleven-bay double-height Catholic church, begun 1856; completed 1861; dedicated 1862, on a rectangular plan comprising nine-bay double-height nave opening into two-bay double-height chancel (east) with single-bay single-stage abbreviated tower (south-west) on a square plan. Renovated, 1974, with sanctuary reordered. Rededicated, 1975. Pitched slate roofs with pressed ridges, copper-covered dragged cut-limestone coping to gables on drag edged tooled cut-limestone kneelers with Cross finials to apexes, and cast-iron rainwater goods on timber boxed dragged cut-limestone stepped eaves retaining cast-iron downpipes. Tuck pointed snecked limestone walls on benchmark-inscribed drag edged tooled cut-limestone chamfered cushion course on plinth with drag edged tooled snecked limestone stepped buttresses including drag edged tooled snecked limestone clasping stepped buttresses to corners having dragged cut-limestone "slated" coping. Cusped lancet window openings on dragged cut-limestone chamfered stringcourses with dragged cut-limestone block-and-start surrounds having chamfered reveals framing storm glazing over fixed-pane fittings having stained glass margins centred on leaded stained glass "lozenges". Paired cusped lancet window openings to chancel (east) on dragged cut-limestone stringcourse with dragged cut-limestone block-and-start surrounds having chamfered reveals framing storm glazing over fixed-pane fittings having leaded stained glass panels. Dagger-detailed "Rose Window" in round-headed recess, drag edged cut-limestone block-and-start surround having chamfered reveals with hood moulding on monolithic label stops framing storm glazing over fixed-pane fittings having stained glass margins centred on leaded stained glass panels. Pointed-arch door opening to entrance (west) front, cut-limestone block-and-start surround having engaged colonette-detailed reveals with hood moulding on monolithic label stops framing timber boarded or tongue-and-groove timber panelled double doors. Lancet "Trinity Window" (gable), dragged cut-limestone block-and-start surround having moulded reveals with hood moulding on octagonal label stops framing storm glazing over fixed-pane fittings having stained glass margins centred on leaded stained glass "lozenge". Interior including vestibule (west); square-headed door opening into nave with glazed timber double doors having sidelights below overlight; full-height interior open into roof with replacement timber panelled choir gallery (west) below stained glass memorial "Trinity Window" (----), pair of cut-white marble wall monuments (ob. ----; ----), carpeted central aisle between cruciform-detailed timber pews, replacement stations (1974) between stained glass memorial windows (----), exposed scissor truss timber roof construction on tooled cut-limestone beaded corbels with wind braced timber boarded or tongue-and-groove timber panelled ceiling in carved timber frame on quatrefoil-perforated frieze on carved timber cornice, and pointed-arch chancel arch framing carpeted stepped dais to sanctuary (east) reordered, 1974, with pair of cut-white marble Gothic-style wall monuments (ob. ----; 1843) below stained glass "East Window" (----). Set in landscaped grounds on a corner site.