Church Of Our Lady

The Church of Our Lady is a Catholic church built between 1854 and 1855 by architect J.J. Scoles. It features rock-faced stone with ashlar dressings and has a slate roof. The church comprises a nave with aisles that have lean-to roofs, a northwest tower, a south porch, a vestry, and a chancel. The four-bay aisles contain 2-light windows with early Perpendicular tracery set between weathered buttresses, with end diagonal buttresses. The south porch has a gabled roof, an entrance with continuous mouldings, and a niche above. The west end is set on a moulded plinth and has a west window with two lights and a quatrefoil above.

The tower consists of three stages, with a north door; the second stage features cusped lancets, while the top stage is recessed and includes 2-light louvred bell openings, a cornice, an embattled parapet, and crocketed pinnacles. The chancel has a moulded plinth and a 3-light reticulated east window situated between diagonal buttresses, with a quatrefoil above. To the north, there are two 2-light windows, and to the south, the vestry has gable-end stacks and a canted projection in the western angle.

Inside, the church has arcades supported by octagonal piers, and the roof features scissor-brace trusses. The chancel arch is flanked by statues, and there is an alabaster chancel rail. The pulpit at the north end incorporates a 15th-century figure of a bishop. An elaborate reredos displays relief scenes and canopied figures, with the altar moved forward. There are flanking cusped ogee-arched recesses and a piscina with a double ogee arch. The north aisle altar has a quatrefoil opening that reveals a sculptured entombment and a reredos. Additionally, there is a west gallery and a baptistry to the south, which features 15th-century alabaster reliefs depicting the life of St. Katherine and the visitation, taken from St. Katherine's chapel.