Catholic Church of Our Lady of Fatima, including the Presbytery

Church and presbytery in a building fronting onto High Street, extending to rear on narrow burgage plot. Presbytery and piety shop in High Street frontage, church in courtyard to the rear, accessed by covered passageway to side. Rendered rubble stone throughout, the render lined out in imitation of ashlar on High Street elevation. Slate roofs.

High street frontage of 1½ storeys and 3 bays. Main range set back with advanced gabled presbytery wing to left with 3-part cross window to ground floor, replaced 4-pane sash window to gable and tiled image of Our Lady of Fatima in between. Cross at apex. Lean-to across main range to right houses entrance to presbytery to left, display window of piety shop and entrance to passageway to right. Paired gabled dormers set back in main range behind . In courtyard: rear 2-storey wing to Presbytery of 2 bays, replacement windows and gable stack. Church in lower former stable beyond, single storey and 5 bays, timber bellcote mounted above eaves to left, deeply set lancet windows (the windows themselves replaced in UPVC). and projecting side chapel/shrine. Arched entrance door to right.

Nave and sanctuary in one, with small side chapel or shrine on left hand (liturgical north) side of nave. Nave of 4 bays, windows in W and N walls and 2 skylights on courtyard side. raised cruck roof trusses, and studding exposed in gable end of sanctuary. Walls lined with concrete slabs with wide joints to the base of the trusses. Oak floor, slate floor in chapel / shrine. Carved oak statue of St Jude at west end. Circular ceramic Stations of the Cross. Octagonal font of carved painted stone at E end of nave. Pine benches said to have been acquired by Fr Koenan from a local Methodist chapel. Side chapel / shrine with slate lined walls, stained glass window, statue of Our Lady of Fatima. Sanctuary raised up one step, oak panelled walls, table altar ( installed after the Second Vatican Council, 1962-5), tabernacle plinth and tabernacle with crucifix above carved by Ferreira Thedun.

Presbytery and piety shop not inspected.