Catholic Church of St Alban

The Catholic Church of St Alban is a Grade II listed building designed in a Norman style. Constructed from squared coursed brown limestone rubble, it features a Welsh slate roof and is oriented from north-west to south-east. The church has a neo-Norman design, consisting of a nave, an apsed sanctuary, and a north-east entrance porch. The six-bay nave is framed by strip pilasters, with each bay containing a small single light arched window that is modern and steel framed with three panes. The doorway is adorned with Norman colonettes and scalloped capitals. To the left of the fourth bay, there is a small single bay chapel. Above the doorway, an early 20th-century gabled dormer with lattice casement is present. The apse is fitted with five windows separated by pilasters and topped with a conical roof.

Inside, the church is quite plain, featuring plastered and ceiled walls throughout. The windows have plain rere-arches, and the open roof is supported by principal rafter type trusses with collar beam queen struts and curved feet. A small west gallery houses an organ, and the joinery, including the plain benches, dates from a refurbishment around 1958. No early furnishings remain.

Notable fittings include coloured ceramic Stations of the Cross and a ceramic crucifix above the entrance to the Lady Chapel, created by Kossowski. The stained glass in the apse, dating from the 20th century, depicts St Alban, Christ the King, and St Francis, and is dedicated to members of the Bradford family. The west window features a painted depiction of the Annunciation and other Marian scenes, while two oil paintings at the west end of the nave represent Capuchin Saints, St Leopold Mandic and St Padre Pio.