Reg No
22306007
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic, Social
Previous Name
Saint Lua's Catholic Church
Original Use
Church/chapel
In Use As
Church/chapel
Date
1835 - 1850
Coordinates
170686, 173000
Date Recorded
13/09/2004
Date Updated
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Detached cruciform-plan gable-fronted church, built c.1845, with three-bay entrance gable, two-bay nave and chamfered re-entrant corners, having limestone bellcote to chancel with cross finial and single-storey sacristy to east end. Pitched copper sheet roofs. Sandstone rubble walls and with snecked limestone walls to west end. Pointed-arch openings with stained-glass to windows, and replacement doors. Retains interior features. Graveyard to site.
The materials used in the construction of this church create textural excitement and variety, while the greenish copper contrasts interestingly with the yellowish tones of the sandstone. The snecked stonework of the east façade is evidently the work of a skilled craftsman. There is a wealth of stained glass to the interior, and an interesting bellcote with a functioning bell to the chancel.