Catholic Church of Our Lady of Fatima, including the Presbytery

The Catholic Church of Our Lady of Fatima, together with its presbytery, occupies a site fronting onto High Street, extending back onto a narrow plot. The presbytery and a piety shop form the High Street frontage, while the church is situated in a courtyard to the rear, accessible via a covered passageway on the side. The building is constructed of rendered rubble stone, with the High Street elevation imitating ashlar. Slate roofs cover the structure.

The High Street frontage is of 1½ storeys and 3 bays, with the main range set back. To the left is a projecting gabled wing containing the presbytery, featuring a three-part cross window on the ground floor, a replaced four-pane sash window in the gable, and a tiled image of Our Lady of Fatima. A cross sits at the gable apex. A lean-to structure spans the main range, housing the entrance to the presbytery on the left, a display window for the piety shop, and an entrance to the passageway on the right. Paired gabled dormers are set back within the main range.

The courtyard reveals a two-storey rear wing of the presbytery, with two bays, replacement windows, and a gable stack. The church is located within a single-storey former stable beyond, with five bays. A timber bellcote is mounted above the eaves to the left, and deeply set lancet windows (now in UPVC) are present, along with a projecting side chapel/shrine. An arched entrance door is positioned on the right.

Inside the church, the nave and sanctuary are combined, with a small side chapel or shrine on the north side of the nave. The nave consists of four bays with windows in the west and north walls, and two skylights on the courtyard side. A raised cruck roof is supported by trusses, and studding is exposed in the gable end of the sanctuary. The walls are lined with concrete slabs, with wide joints to the base of the trusses. An oak floor runs throughout, with a slate floor in the chapel/shrine. A carved oak statue of St Jude stands at the west end, and circular ceramic Stations of the Cross are displayed. An octagonal font of carved painted stone is located at the east end of the nave. Pine benches are believed to have been acquired from a local Methodist chapel. The side chapel/shrine features slate-lined walls, a stained glass window, and a statue of Our Lady of Fatima. The sanctuary is raised one step and has oak-panelled walls. A table altar (installed after the Second Vatican Council, 1962-1965), a tabernacle plinth, and a tabernacle with a crucifix above, carved by Ferreira Thedun, are also present.

The presbytery and piety shop were not inspected.