Church Of Our Lady Star Of The Sea

The Church of Our Lady Star of the Sea is a Catholic church built between 1898 and 1899 by architect Edmund Kirby. It is constructed of stone with a slate roof and features a single vessel nave and chancel, along with aisles, chapels, and a baptistry. The five-bay nave is adorned with lancet windows that have splayed reveals, paired with a clerestory. The south aisle contains paired lancets, with the central pair separated by a weathered buttress, and single lancets at each end, also featuring end buttresses. The north aisle includes two gabled transeptal bays that serve as confessionals, each with a rose window.

The west front is characterized by flanking gabled buttresses and an entrance that has two segmental-headed doors topped with a sexfoil in the tympanum, surrounded by foliage. There are flanking windows and a parapet with trefoil-headed arches. Above, a giant arch displays six gabled lancets with weathering and a rose window positioned above. The gabled north porch has an entrance on the north side, while the south side features a canted baptistry with trefoil-headed windows. The chancel has a canted end with a three-light window and two lancets on both the north and south sides. The north chapel includes a two-light window on the north side, and the south chapel has a two-light window on the south side with a rose window in the west gable. A tall gabled buttress is located to the north of the chancel.

Inside, the church features five-bay arcades supported by round piers and a waggon roof. There is a canted timber west gallery above the porch. The octagonal stone pulpit is set on clustered shafts and showcases cusped arches and marble shafts. The chancel arch is flanked by canopied statues, and the chancel is decorated with marble panelling, a marble altar, and a reredos featuring an aedicule. Timber parclose screens are present in the arches leading to the chapels, and there is notable stained glass in the chancel.