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Saint Aengus' Catholic Church — Burt

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Saint Aengus' Catholic Church — Burt
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Freestanding single-bay double-height single-cell Catholic church, built 1964-7, on a circular plan. Copper-clad curvilinear conical roof with Cross finial to apex. Sheared rubble stone-clad battered walls jutting over cut-granite plinth on cobbled drain. Pseudo three centre-headed central door opening with two concrete flagged steps, and reinforced concrete canopy framing bronze-clad double doors having sidelights. Clerestorey with leaded stained glass panels behind fixed-pane fittings. Full-height interior with tiled central aisle between timber pews, carpeted stepped dais to sanctuary (west) with Portland stone altar table below silver leaf carved timber crucifix, and stained glass clerestorey below top-lit plastered ceiling on circle of plastered steel pillars. Set in landscaped grounds with rubble stone cylindrical piers to perimeter having conical capping.

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