Saint Patrick's Catholic Church

Freestanding gable-fronted barn style Roman Catholic church, built in 1814, comprising breakfront and porch to front (east) elevation, four-bay nave and two-bay single-storey sacristy to rear (west) elevation. Pitched artificial slate roof with cast-iron rainwater goods, limestone cross finial. Render bracketed eaves course to south elevation. Lined-and-ruled rendered walls having render quoins and plinth course. Buttresses to north elevation and tooled limestone font with chamfered surround to east elevation. Pointed arch openings with timber Y-tracery stained glass windows and concrete sills. Square-headed opening to porch having double-leaf timber battened doors. Timber scissors truss roof to interior. Timber gallery with trefoil-headed balustrade to east. Rubble limestone walls to north. Pair of square-profile lined-and-ruled rendered piers to south having carved limestone cap, double-leaf cast-iron gates and rendered lined-and-ruled walls.

This simple church is typical in form of pre-Emancipation churches. Gothic Revival features such as the Y-tracery stained glass windows add colour and artistic interest to the façade, enlivening its modest form. The interior retains its timber roof, which is indicative of the quality of nineteenth-century carpentry. The boundary walls enhance the composition of the site.