Church Of Our Lady Immaculate

SJ 49 SE 6/43

PRESCOT VICARAGE PLACE (west end) Church of Our Lady Immaculate

GV II Catholic church. 1856-7. By J. Hansom. Rock-faced stone with ashlar dressings and slate roof. 7-bay nave, shallow transepts and 2-bay chancel. Nave has 2-light windows with plate tracery between deep weathered buttresses; gabled south porch has diagonal buttresses and statue in niche above entrance. West front has 2-light windows flanking buttress with canted inner angles forming stair turret; top gargoyles and short spire with iron cross. South transept has diagonal buttresses and 4-light window with Geometrical tracery; north transept has extension for confessionals and passage to presbytery. Chancel has 2 windows of 2 lights to south and 4-light east window. Interior: Roof has panels with C20 colour scheme. West gallery on braced timber posts. Stepped triple segmental-pointed arches to transepts on piers with foliate capitals. Chancel arch has continuous mouldings and hood mould with angel stops; flanking marble altars and reredoses. Chancel reredos has gabled traceried panels, cresting and central gabled aedicule.

Listing NGR: SJ4641292711