Saint James's Catholic Church

Freestanding cruciform-plan gable-fronted Catholic church, built c.1830, with three-bay nave, single-bay transepts and apse, gabled entrance porch and flat-roof sacristy to north. Pitched slate roof with cast-iron rainwater goods, having rendered bellcote to gable-front. Roughcast rendered walls with smooth-rendered plinth and corners. Pointed-arch openings, tripled to gable-front, with stained-glass windows, having hood-mouldings. Timber battened doors with strap hinges to four-centred-arch main doorway. Side doorways in transept gables have label-mouldings. Interior altered but carved timber ogee-headed blind arcade retained to altar area. Gallery to entrance end with carved timber balustrade atop glazed timber screen. Lawns around church, with rendered boundary wall to street with steel railings and gates.

Saint James's is a representative example of a Catholic church built in the first half of the nineteenth century. It occupies a prominent position in the village of Two-Mile-Borris, and its simple form and detail adds interest to the streetscape.