Survey Data
Reg No
30402904
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic, Social
Previous Name
Saint Benan's Catholic Church
Original Use
Church/chapel
In Use As
Church/chapel
Date
1845 - 1850
Coordinates
140964, 254654
Date Recorded
10/01/2010
Date Updated
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Description
Freestanding single-cell Roman Catholic church, dated 1846, and rededicated 1961, having four-bay long elevations, and porches to road end of long walls having flat concrete roofs. Pitched sprocketed slate roof with replacement uPVC rainwater goods. Roughcast rendered walls with smooth rendered plinth. Inscribed limestone plaques to front wall. Lancet windows having render reveals and sills. Timber battened double-leaf main door having carved limestone stoup to one side inscribed with date 1846. Church set in small enclosure with stone walls and grass, and some graves to roadside. Graveyard to east and ancient graveyard with ruined medieval church and round tower to west.
Appraisal
This small church continues religious worship at this ancient location. Though very plain, the church has some interesting features, such as the fine limestone stoup and inscribed plaques.