Roman Catholic Church Of St James The Less

The Roman Catholic Church of St James the Less, built in 1845 and attributed to Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin, is constructed of sandstone random rubble and features a steeply-pitched slate roof with large gable copings. The church includes a nave, a small north-west tower with a pyramidal top, and a chancel with side offices, all designed in a simple Early English style. The gable faces the road.

The three-stage tower incorporates a porch with angle buttresses and a slightly projecting gabled porch that has a moulded arched doorway with shafts and a hoodmould featuring figured stops. Above the door is a niche containing a statue, and the gable coping is adorned with carved stops. The second stage of the tower has single-light windows, while the set-back top stage features plate-traceried 2-light belfry louvres and a corbel table with figured corners, along with a lean-to stair turret at the rear.

The west gable of the nave boasts a large triple lancet window flanked by single lancets, with a wheel window above. The buttressed five-bay nave contains a lancet in each bay, except for the second bay on the south side, which has a gabled porch with a moulded arched doorway and hoodmould with figured stops. The fourth and fifth bays have a modern office attached. The two-bay chancel has a triple lancet east window and a circular window above containing three trefoils. Attached to the south side is a vestry with a triple lancet window and a very tall gable chimney. The interior of the church is very simple.