Survey Data
Reg No
22402715
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic, Historical, Social, Technical
Original Use
Church/chapel
In Use As
Church/chapel
Date
1860 - 1865
Coordinates
190819, 170882
Date Recorded
09/09/2004
Date Updated
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Description
Freestanding gable-fronted Catholic church, built 1862, with three-bay side elevations to nave, porch to gable-front and lean-to porch to north elevation. Pitched artificial slate roof. Rendered walls to gables ends, with render quoins to porch. Tie-bars to side walls. Roughcast rendered walls with sandstone quoins to side elevations. Date of erection and builder inscribed in sandstone sill in east elevation. Round-headed openings with stained-glass windows having cut sandstone surrounds. Timber battened double-leaf door set in round-headed opening with cross in over-door. Rendered bell stand to grounds.
Appraisal
The form of this church is enhanced by the retention of features such as the carved sandstone window surrounds, sills and quoins. The juxtaposition of smooth render and roughcast render adds textural interest to the façade. The ashlar quoins are clearly the work of skilled craftsmen. The date stone is of interest in that it includes the name of the builder as well as the date of construction.