Church Of St Patrick, Presbytery And Adjoining Boys' School

The Church of St Patrick, along with the presbytery and adjoining boys’ school, is a Roman Catholic complex built between 1852 and 1853, with the priest’s house added in 1866. It represents the second Catholic church in Bradford and was designed by George Goldie (of Weightman, Hadfield and Goldie) in a 1300 Gothic style. The buildings form a complex, picturesque grouping on a corner site with Westgate.

The church is constructed of sandstone "brick" with ashlar dressings, featuring a tall nave, shallow aisles and a slightly lower chancel. A large, ogee arched east window contains six lights with curvilinear tracery to its ornate head. The two-storey presbytery stands on the corner, with a steep hipped slate roof and canted oriel bay windows. It has single, two and three-light cusped headed windows, and a statue of St Patrick is inset into the corner at first floor level. External chimneys and a two-storey gabled porch return to the main facade, with a shafted doorway under a pointed arch. A linking range to the church includes two gabled semi-dormers flanking an external chimney. A bell cot with a stone spirelet is located to the rear of the presbytery. The boys’ school, to the west of the site, has mullioned transomed windows with pointed heads to the lights, and a slate roof.