Survey Data
Reg No
14910005
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic, Social, Technical
Original Use
Church/chapel
In Use As
Church/chapel
Date
1825 - 1830
Coordinates
248165, 231653
Date Recorded
20/09/2004
Date Updated
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Description
Detached cruciform Roman Catholic church, built in 1827 and remodelled in 1960. Set within its own grounds. Comprising three-bay side elevation on to nave with side chapel to south west and flat-roofed porches to sides and rear. Pitched slate roof with terracotta ridge cresting, coping and terracotta finials to gables and cast-iron rainwater goods, carved limestone cross finial to east gable. Pebbledashed walls with smooth render to plinth and rendered quoins. Pointed-arched window openings with moulded rendered surrounds and painted sills. Stained glass windows to east with timber tracery to windows elsewhere, metal casement windows to side chapel and porches. Square-headed doorways with replacement timber doors and moulded rendered surrounds. Interior with stucco decoration to ceiling, carved timber reredos and altar with timber balcony. Stone grotto, cast-iron bell tower and grave markers to yard. Front site bounded by stone wall with sandstone ashlar facing to road and piers with wrought-iron vehicular and pedestrian gates.
Appraisal
The simple form of Saint Brigid’s is enhanced by the render quoins, plinth and surrounds to openings. The simple, almost austere interior mirrors the exterior. However, finely crafted features such as the altar and tabernacle, together with the stained glass windows, add artistic interest, while the grotto and bell tower to the yard complete the site.