Survey Data
Reg No
20900401
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic, Social
Original Use
Church/chapel
In Use As
Church/chapel
Date
1820 - 1840
Coordinates
121967, 115885
Date Recorded
06/09/2006
Date Updated
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Description
Freestanding cruciform-plan Roman Catholic church, built c. 1830, facing east, transepts and shallow chancel being additions, as are gabled porches to east side of transepts. Lower, more recent sacristy to west. Pitched artificial slate roof having dressed limestone copings and cast-iron rainwater goods. Snecked rubble sandstone and siltstone walls, having limestone quoins to original block. Rendered to east gable and upper gable of chancel. Ashlar limestone openwork bellcote to south transept gable, having cross finial. Pointed arch window openings with stained-glass windows, having render reveals and rubble voussoirs. Double-light window to transept gables, having chamfered cut limestone block-and-start surrounds and tooled limestone round relieving arches. Quatrefoil window opening to west gable having carved sandstone surround with render hood-moulding and stained-glass window. Pitched slate roofs to porches, having pointed segmental arch door openings with chamfered tooled limestone block-and-start surround and timber battened double-leaf doors. Pitched slate roof to sacristy, with rendered chimneystack. Square-headed main entrance opening to nave, with rubble stone voussoirs, flanked by square-headed recesses with limestone stoups. Sacristy has square-headed door openings with replacement timber battened doors to south and replacement metal door to east, square-headed window openings with replacement timber windows and pointed arch window opening with latticed timber window to east. Painted timber boarded ceiling to A-frame roof to interior. Marble altar approached by marble step. Circular-profile Cork marble columns support tabernacle stand. Replacement limestone baptismal font. Wooden Stations of the Cross. Painted rendered boundary wall terminating in square-plan piers having replacement metal gates and some aluminum railings.
Appraisal
A well-maintained church which is still in regular use and retains many of its original materials and decorative features including limestone ashlar bellcote and window surrounds. Despite its small size, the church displays many details of high artistic merit, including carved stone details and stained and painted glass.