Survey Data
Reg No
20914906
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic, Social
Original Use
Church/chapel
In Use As
Presbytery/parochial/curate's house
Date
1800 - 1840
Coordinates
101689, 24936
Date Recorded
13/05/2008
Date Updated
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Description
Freestanding single-cell double-height Roman Catholic Church, built c.1820, with three-bay nave. Attached parochial house to north-east with single-storey extension to south-east. Pitched slate roof with rough and smooth rendered bellcote to south-west, and cast-iron and uPVC rainwater goods. Painted smooth rendered walls with plinth. Pointed arch openings having timber and leaded fixed pane stained glass windows. Tripartite pointed arch opening to south-west gable with timber and leaded fixed stained glass windows and tracery. Pointed arch opening with timber battened door and round-headed font recess. Interior has exposed timber trusses and panelled ceiling. Two-bay two-storey parochial house, built c. 1900. Pitched slate roof with rendered chimneystacks and cast-iron and uPVC rainwater goods. Painted smooth rendered walls with plinth. Square-headed openings with timber casement windows and concrete sills. Square-headed opening with timber glazed door, overlight and concrete steps. Church and house enclosed by rubble stone walls and piers with wrought-iron double-leaf gates.
Appraisal
The design of this attractive yet simple church is typical of the single cell barn-type structures of the early nineteenth century. Its unadorned façade is enlivened by the unusual presence of the attached parochial house. Both structures are an important focal point for the locality, while also forming an interesting and picturesque group.