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Detached five-bay double-height Catholic chapel, built 1901, on a rectangular plan comprising four-bay double-height nave opening into single-bay double-height apse (east) on a half-octagonal plan with single-bay single-storey gabled projecting open porch (south-west). Pitched banded slate roof; half-octagonal banded slate roof (east), terracotta ridge tiles, cut-limestone chamfered coping to gables on "Cavetto"-detailed beaded kneelers with wrought iron Cross finials to apexes, and cast-iron rainwater goods on "Cavetto" consoles retaining embossed cast-iron hoppers and square profile downpipes. Tuck pointed snecked rock faced granite walls on cut-sandstone chamfered cushion course on cut-limestone battered plinth with buttresses to corners having cut-limestone "slated" coping. Cusped lancet window openings with cut-sandstone block-and-start surrounds having chamfered reveals framing fixed-pane fittings having lattice glazing bars. Cusped lancet window openings to apse (east) with cut-sandstone block-and-start surrounds having chamfered reveals framing fixed-pane fittings having lattice glazing bars. Paired cusped lancet window openings to entrance (west) front with quatrefoil to gable, cut-sandstone block-and-start surrounds having chamfered reveals framing fixed-pane fittings having lattice glazing bars. Full-height interior open into roof with timber boarded or tongue-and-groove timber panelled wainscoting supporting carved timber dado rail, carpeted central aisle between timber pews, paired timber stations between frosted glass windows, exposed scissor truss timber roof construction on "Cavetto" corbels with timber boarded ceiling on carved timber cornice, and pointed-arch chancel arch framing carpeted stepped dais to sanctuary (east) with replacement timber altar table below frosted glass windows. Set in landscaped grounds shared with Central Mental Hospital.
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