
What is recorded here
Freestanding cruciform-plan Catholic church, built c.1796, now roofless, with chamfered junction to nave and transepts. Coursed snecked rubble limestone walls to entrance gable topped by dressed stone belfry with cross finial and with rendered rubble limestone walls elsewhere. Dressed stone quoins and copings. Round-headed openings with dressed sandstone voussoirs and brick jambs. Tall window openings to nave partly blocked up. Doorways to front gable and to north walls of transepts. Inscribed foundation stone and holy water fonts set into walls. Set behind rubble limestone boundary wall with cast-iron piers and decorative cast-iron gates.
An historically-significant post-penal era Catholic church, forming a picturesque ruin through its form, materials and location.
This does not grant access. Most recorded buildings are privately owned; view them only from public ground unless the owner allows entry.
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