Church Of St Marie (Roman Catholic)

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SD3317NE SEABANK ROAD 664-1/9/182 (North side) 15/11/72 CHURCH OF ST MARIE Roman Catholic Church

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Roman Catholic church. Originally 1841, by Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin, enlarged 1852, rebuilt 1875, facade rebuilt in replica 1924. Portland stone facade with sandstone dressings, steeply- pitched 3-span roofs STYLE: Decorated. PLAN: nave on north-east/south-west axis with side aisles under parallel roofs, 3-sided apse. Facade of 3 unequal gables. EXTERIOR: the gable of the nave has a full-width projected rectangular porch with a statue in a niche flanked by gabled entrances with 2-centred arched doorways, a pair of flying buttresses rising from the sides of the porch, under the left of these a semicircular vice with semi-conical roof, 3 unequal lancets between the buttresses, that in the centre shorter to allow for a rose window above, and a gabled bellcote. The flanking gables of the aisles, which are smaller, each have a 2-centred arched 3-light window with tracery. At the sides the aisles have 2-centred arched 2-light windows and the nave has segmental-pointed 2-light clerestory windows. INTERIOR: 7-bay aisle arcades of quatrefoil columns carrying 2-centred double-chamfered arches; collar-truss roof with king-struts, angle-struts and long straight braces from the wall posts; 5-sided organ and choir gallery at west end, supported on cast-iron columns; sanctuary with elaborate carved reredos.

Listing NGR: SD3385817804