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Detached seven-bay double-height Catholic church, dated 1871; begun 1872; stalled 1873; completed 1874-5; opened 1877; extant 1895, comprising six-bay double-height nave opening into single-bay double-height apse (east) on a half-octagonal plan. Reconstructed, 1961, producing present composition. Renovated, 1988[?], with sanctuary reordered. Copper-covered pitched roof with pressed ridge terminating in Cross finials to apexes, and concealed rainwater goods in copper-covered overhanging concrete eaves retaining cast-iron downpipes. Repointed tuck pointed snecked rock faced limestone walls on lichen-covered dragged cut-limestone chamfered cushion course on plinth with drag edged tooled snecked limestone stepped buttresses having lichen-covered drag edged dragged cut-limestone "slated" coping. Lancet window openings with drag edged tooled hammered limestone block-and-start surrounds framing storm glazing over fixed-pane fittings having stained glass margins centred on square leaded glazing bars. Pointed-arch door opening to entrance (west) front with drag edged tooled hammered limestone block-and-start surround having chamfered reveals framing timber boarded double doors having overlight. Lancet "Trinity Window" to gable with drag edged tooled hammered limestone block-and-start surround framing storm glazing over fixed-pane fittings having leaded stained glass panels. Interior including vestibule (west); square-headed door opening into nave with glazed timber panelled double doors; full-height interior with choir gallery (west) below stained glass "Trinity Window" (undated), carpeted central aisle between cruciform-detailed timber pews, paired stations between stained glass memorial windows (undated), and crow stepped square-headed chancel arch framing carpeted stepped dais to sanctuary (east) reordered, 1988[?], with pair of stained glass memorial windows (undated) centred on cut-veined white marble altar. Set in landscaped grounds with pair of cut-limestone date stones ("1846"; "1871") to perimeter centred on drag edged rusticated limestone ashlar piers having lichen-covered cut-limestone stepped capping supporting replacement mild steel double gates.
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