Roman Catholic Church of Divine Motherhood

The Roman Catholic Church of Divine Motherhood is a strikingly modern church built in the 20th century. It comprises a fan-shaped auditorium and a tall campanile, linked by a cloister. The building is constructed of sandstone with a concrete roof.

The auditorium's curved front, facing north-east, is divided into seven bays by projecting vertical stone fins. The central bay contains the main entrance, featuring a hardwood double door with wood-panelled reveals and a concrete lintel bearing the Papal insignia in bronze. Above this entrance is a sculpture of the Madonna and Child mounted on blind concrete panels. The remaining six bays are predominantly made of small panes of glass set in lead glazing bars, with a sandstone wall below. The concrete roof projects from the north-east façade, with a coffered and painted eaves soffit. A single-storey aisle wraps around all sides of the building, providing space for side altars and vestries to the rear. This aisle is punctuated by square windows with concrete surrounds and continues as a cloister between the church and the campanile. The cloister features square stone piers and a coffered concrete ceiling. The campanile has slightly battered sides and a pitched roof, with three vertical bell louvres on each face. A new door has been added to the aisle for a disabled toilet.

Inside, the walls are painted white brick, and the floor is paved with stone slabs. The ceiling is clad in radiating wood boards with an oculus above the altar. A choir and organ gallery, accessible via two concrete spiral staircases with hardwood treads and handrails, sits above the main door. Three circular steps lead to the altar, constructed of cream and grey marble, as is the semi-circular altar rail. Original fixtures include curved hardwood pews, a stained glass window in one of the side chapels, a Pietà sculpture, and the Stations of the Cross carved on two stone bands along each wall, by an unknown artist. Further original features are a stone font, a Crucifixion by Michael Clark (behind the altar), a Saxon stone baptismal font, and a piece of medieval stonework, each set on contemporary sandstone plinths.