Church Of St James And Presbytery

The Church of St. James and Presbytery is a Roman Catholic church built in 1805, extended in 1841, and featuring a west tower added in 1882. The building is constructed of stone and has a hipped slate roof. It consists of a four-bay nave, a north chapel, a west tower, and a presbytery to the east.

The west facade is adorned with a corbeled frieze, cornice, and parapet. It features round-headed windows with plain architraves. The porch includes an aedicule with flat Tuscan pilasters, recessed paired two-fielded-panel doors, and an overlight with glazing bars. The eaves level has a cornice and blocking course, along with a round-headed niche that houses a statue of St. James and an impost band. The bell stage of the tower has two round-headed bell openings, panelled pilasters, and an impost band, topped with an entablature, a lead-clad swept ogee domical vault, and a finial cross.

The south facade has the first two bays made of stone and the next two bays plastered, all featuring round-headed windows. The north facade is similar. There is a later chapel with three bays that has two-light windows and a north entrance.

The presbytery is stuccoed, two storeys high with an attic under a gable, and consists of three bays with a small two-storey extension to the left. The windows have plaster surrounds, with the ground floor featuring 20th-century bay windows. The extension has sashed windows with glazing bars, while the first floor has sashed windows with glazing bars as well; the centre bay window is blind and features a round-headed attic window with a casement above. The entrance to the central bay is round-headed with a Tuscan doorcase and a fanlight with glazing bars, leading to a two-panel door. There is a plain round-headed entrance to the second bay of the extension, and a recessed gabled bay on the right return.

Inside the church, there is a west gallery supported by two iron columns. The east end features an Ionic balustrade and an Ionic aedicule behind the altar, which lacks a pediment. The altar, reredos, and canopy are from the 20th century, while the flanking altars and reredoses are made of grey and white marble. The north chapel has three segmental arches that die into the jambs, and it contains good late 19th-century stained glass, along with a marble altar and reredos. There is also a 20th-century internal porch.