Church Of Our Lady And St John The Baptist And Number 75 (Presbytery)

SJ 73 NE LOGGERHEADS C.P CHURCH ROAD (north side) Ashley 9/4 Church of Our Lady and St John the Baptist and No.75 (Presbytery)

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Roman Catholic church and attached presbytery. 1823 with later additions and alterations. Stuccoed brick with concrete tile roof to church and clay tiles to presbytery. Moorish Gothic style. Aligned north-west to south-east. Church: 3½ bays divided by buttresses with 2 pairs of pointed windows under curved triangular hoods to each bay; plain horizontal and toothed brick bands above and below windows and also to eaves; plain gabled 'south' porch in first bay from 'west', 'Ritual West' front: 3 pairs of pointed windows (as on 'south') underneath castellated parapet with 2 bands of narrow, pointed blank arcading; C20 flat-roofed entrance porch in front and to the 'north' a catslide roof extending full length of church. Interior: the only features of note are the original plastered and painted ceiling and the 'western' gallery; all the other fittings and furnishings are late C20. Presbytery: attached to north-west; 2 storeys, 3 windows to 'south' with central one blind, floor band; entrance to rear. The complex presents a somewhat bizarre impression, reminiscent of North Africa or southern Spain, not common in north-west Staffordshire. B.O.E., p.63.

Listing NGR: SJ7593636361