
What is recorded here
Freestanding T-plan gable-fronted Catholic church, built 1833, with two-bay side elevation to nave, sacristy to southeast and glazed porches added to transepts. Pitched artificial slate roof having cut-stone bellcote with cross finial over front gable and metal cross finials to other gables. Pebble-dash render to walls and stucco quoins. Replacement timber windows to pointed-arch openings having coloured leaded glass, one stained-glass window to nave and timber sliding sash window to sacristy. Replacement timber battened doors. Collared timber roof to interior with tongue-and-groove ceiling over. Gallery with carved timber rail to entrance end. Brass re-dedication plaque in porch. Cut-stone gate piers and rendered concrete block walls with cast-iron gates.
A T-plan church typical of the period of building following Catholic Emancipation in 1829, having reserved external detailing and a simple, light interior with exposed roof structure, panelled gallery and one stained-glass window. Well maintained and retaining most of its original form and character.
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