Church Of St Aloysius

The Church of St Aloysius is a Roman Catholic parish church built in 1888 by C Walker of Newcastle. It is constructed from polychrome brick with terracotta and sandstone dressings, topped with a roof of Welsh slate. The church features a four-bay nave, north and south aisles, and a south porch, along with a two-bay chancel. There are double transepts and an apsidal chapel located in the north transept.

On the north and south elevations, each transept gable has three sets of three lancet windows, with three slit openings at the peaks. Each aisle bay contains three lancets, and the clerestory has two lancets per bay. The angle buttresses have one set-back and gablets at the east and west ends, while the transepts and aisles have buttresses with three set-backs.

The west elevation features a round window made of sandstone with plate tracery set in a round-headed brick recess, which has a gauged brick arch. Small lancets flank the peak, which is supported by a corbelled pilaster bearing a cross finial. The church includes hood moulds, beast and flower stops, terracotta strings, and copings on the gables and buttresses.

Inside, the church has a boarded roof with scissor-braced trusses, with alternate trusses featuring strutted arch braces resting on stone and brick corbels, extending continuously over the nave and chancel. The Lady Chapel has an apsidal shape with an arch-braced wooden roof. The north transept contains a gallery with an organ case, while the position of a south gallery is indicated only by corbels, suggesting it may have been removed or never built. A central arcaded beam supports the roofs of the transepts, with corbels depicting angels and mythical beasts.

Most of the glass is original and was made by Reed Millican of Newcastle. The furnishings include a Gothic altar and reredos by John Gallagher of Newcastle, along with side screens, a communion rail, and a pulpit, all designed in a similar Gothic style.