Church Of St Mary

The Church of St Mary is a Roman Catholic church built in 1818, with some alterations. It features a sandstone ashlar exterior, with coursed squared sandstone on the sides and rear, and a slate roof. Designed in the Gothick style with Perpendicular elements, the church has a rectangular plan set back from the street and positioned at right angles to it. The layout includes an integral narthex, a nave with north and south aisles, and a short chancel.

The exterior showcases a two-storey, five-bay symmetrical facade, with a central gabled section and lower outer bays at the ends of the aisles. The facade is accentuated by pilaster-buttresses that rise to tall diagonal crocketed pinnacles and an embattled parapet featuring a bellcote at the gable's apex. The central bay contains a large, two-centred arched, five-light transomed window, which has a surround chamfered in three orders, ogee-headed lights on both levels, and intricate geometric Perpendicular tracery at the top, complete with a hood-mould. Each flanking bay has a Tudor-arched doorway with a double-chamfered surround, hollow spandrels, and a hood-mould, along with a two-centred arched, two-light window above. All windows are adorned with geometrical small-paned stained glass. The lower outer bays are supported by diagonal buttresses. The five-bay side walls feature tall, two-centred arched, three-light transomed windows with flush transoms and mullions. The chancel is highlighted by a five-light window with eclectic tracery.

Inside, the church has five-bay aisle arcades supported by slender clustered wooden columns and moulded two-centred arches. There are galleries on three sides, with Gothick traceried front panelling. The ceiling is shallow-pitched with closed trusses, moulded ribs, and large foliated bosses. A glazed screen below the west gallery features Gothick tracery and leaded glazing, and there are curved stone staircases leading to the gallery in both front corners.