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The ordinary view hides the useful part of the story. A distinctive, unusual church, displaying an increasingly rare vernacular use of corrugated iron as a building material.

Detached gable-fronted church, c.1915, with two single-storey aisles and full-width porch, added c.1930. Corrugated-iron cladding on a timber frame to walls and roof. Timber casement windows. Plain timber doors. One gable half-timbered, the other having a tripartite window with central statue niche. Simple timber truss roof with iron tie bars to interior.

A distinctive, unusual church, displaying an increasingly rare vernacular use of corrugated iron as a building material.

A distinctive, unusual church, displaying an increasingly rare vernacular use of corrugated iron as a building material. Still in regular use, the church adds charm and character to the hospital grounds.