Roman Catholic Church Of St Augustine

The Roman Catholic Church of St Augustine, built between 1825 and 1827, was originally designed by Ignatius Bonomi and later enlarged and remodeled by Joseph Hanson in 1865 and again in 1899. The church is constructed of ashlar stone with ashlar dressings and features slate roofs with ashlar coped gables and kneelers, along with cross finials. It has rusticated quoins and a chamfered plinth.

The building consists of a 4-bay nave and a narrower 2-bay chancel, all under the same roof. The west end showcases a pair of tall, 3-light mullion and transom windows with shallow pointed arch heads and trefoil tracery, flanking a pointed arch niche with an elaborate crocketted surround. Above this is a louvred pointed opening. The north wall features four tall 3-light mullion and transom windows for the nave and two shorter similar windows for the chancel. The east chancel wall is blank, while the south wall of the chancel includes two 3-light windows and a low single-storey vestry in front. The south nave wall has three tall, 3-light mullion and transom windows, with the westernmost window partially obscured by a single-storey porch that has a pair of short lancets and a pointed, chamfered doorway with double plank doors. To the west, there is an octagonal stone tower with a tall lancet on each alternate face, above which is a bellcote featuring a single lancet on each face, all topped by a short octagonal spire with lucarnes.

Inside, the nave contains a large western gallery supported by iron columns and features a plain collar beam roof with arched braces. The chancel boasts elaborately carved roof panels, and the fittings are mostly from around 1899, including an elaborately carved and painted reredos.