Saint Mary's Catholic Church

Freestanding gable-fronted single-cell barn type Roman Catholic church, built in 1838, comprising three-bay nave, open work bellcote and recent porch to front (east) elevation. Pitched slate roof with limestone copings, cast-iron rainwater goods and cross finials to bellcote and rear (west) elevation. Lined-and-ruled rendered walls having limestone quoins. Pointed arch opening with limestone block-and-start surround, Y-tracery and stained glass windows. Lancet stained glass windows to nave having painted stone sills and cut limestone voussoirs. Pointed arch opening to rear with limestone tracery and stained glass windows. Square headed opening to porch having double-leaf timber battened doors. Marble altar, pointed arch niches and pointed arch openings with timber panelled doors having trefoil and quatrefoil motifs to west. Carved limestone font to north-east. Date to floor. Rubble limestone boundary walls to south. Pair of square-profile rendered piers to east having double-leaf metal gates and rendered boundary walls with limestone copings.

This church retains much of its modest original form and character despite the recent addition to the front. Its simple massing is enlivened by the bellcote and the limestone quoins, which accentuate its form and add artistic interest to the façade. Fine quality craftsmanship is also discernable in the well executed traceried stained glass windows, limestone font and carved timber panelled doors to interior.