St. Peter's Catholic Church — Ramelton Road

Freestanding Catholic church, built 1961 and extended 1990, comprising double-height hall with canted corners to the nave gable (west) and the chancel\sanctuary gable (east), side aisles to the north and south contained under same roofline, single-storey sacristy (on octagonal-plan) to the south-east corner linked to main body of building by enclosed single-storey flat-roofed hallway, tall detached bell tower (on octagonal-plan) to the south-west having pointed-arched opening with three graded bell metal bells with largest to top and surmounted by flat roof with metal cross finial over, porch to the south-west corner of nave contained within main body of building, single-bay single-storey flat-roofed plant room to the north-west corner, and with single-storey oratory and services extensions to the north (added 1992). Shallow pitched copper-sheeted roofs with overhanging eaves, metal rainwater goods and downpipes; shallow hipped standing seam metal roof to sacristy with metal sculptural crowing cock weather vane to apex. Mono-pitched metal-sheeted roof to prayer room\chapel extension to the north. Roughcast rendered walls over smooth painted plinth course with painted precast concrete columns to side elevations. Statue of St. Peter mounted over entrance door to south-west corner. Square-headed window openings to side elevations of nave (to western half) and to the north side of sanctuary having slim painted concrete sills, timber-framed window screens with leaded coloured and stained glass windows with figurative central panels to windows to the south side of nave. Large pointed-arched window opening to the west side of nave having timber-framed windows with leaded coloured glass window. Square-headed window openings to sacristy with timber-framed frosted leaded glass windows. Square-headed window openings to addition to the north with modern fittings. Pointed-arch entrance door opening to the south-west corner of nave having smooth rendered reveals, timber panelled double-doors with decorative carved timber motifs to alternating panels, leaded coloured glass sidelights, and with leaded coloured glass overlight with central St. Peter’s Keys motif. Gullwing timber-clad ceiling, tapering metal columns separating side aisles, exposed split concrete brick walls, timber pews, reordered sanctuary with monolithic altar having central carved fish motif over St. Peter’s Key motif, reredos tapestry depicting St. Peter the fisherman, and with gallery to the west end having open timber and metal parapet, Stations of the Cross to nave walls. Sanctuary reordered 1987. Set back from road in elevated site to the south-east end of Milford. Rubble stone boundary walls to the south site boundary. Mature trees to site. Pathway from the west with metal railings to north side. Rendered boundary walls to site.