Roman Catholic Church of Our Lady of Sorrows and Attached Presbytery is a Grade II listed building in the Peak District National Park local planning authority area, England. Church.
Roman Catholic Church of Our Lady of Sorrows and Attached Presbytery
- WRENN ID
- lunar-buttress-honey
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Peak District National Park
- Constituency
- High Peak MP: Jon Pearce (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Roman Catholic Church of Our Lady of Sorrows and Attached Presbytery, Ashopton Road, Bamford, High Peak
- OS grid reference
- SK 207 837
- Coordinates
- 53.35039, -1.6905
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Roman Catholic Church of Our Lady of Sorrows and the attached presbytery were built in 1882, funded by the Duke of Norfolk. The church is constructed from coursed squared gritstone with gritstone dressings, topped with stone slate roofs featuring stone coped gables and moulded kneelers. It has a chamfered plinth and various stone stacks, and presents an irregular plan and elevations with one and two storeys.
To the south, there is a single storey chapel that has 2- and 3-light chamfered mullioned and transomed windows, along with a bellcote featuring a conical cap on the south gable. The east porch is located on the front, with a tall polygonal chimney stack to the right. The presbytery is situated at the north end, facing west, and consists of three bays, with the right bay being gabled and taller.
A central doorway is accessed by a flight of six stone steps, featuring an oak studded door with a segmental arched over-light above. Above the door, there is a 2-light window, flanked by two-storey canted bays that contain 4-light mullion windows, with the ground floor windows also having transoms. The right-hand gabled bay includes an additional 2-light chamfered mullion window above. Moulded bands are present on the first and second floors.
Local climate
Roman Catholic Church of Our Lady of Sorrows and Attached Presbytery sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 990 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 69% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 51 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 92% of listed buildings. Of these, 32 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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