St Winefrides Church, Charnwood Road, Shepshed (Locally Listed)

Geo: 52.7691, -1.2925
Date ListedThu 17th June, 2004
CategoryLocally Listed Building
AddressSt Winefride R C Church Charnwood Road Shepshed LE12 9QF
GradeLocally Listed
Grid ReferenceSK4783519294
Description

Roman Catholic Church. Built 1927/8. Architect, Alan D Reid. Third Pointed Gothic Revival styling. Rectangular plan with offset battlemented bell tower at W end of S aisle. Brown Flemish bond brick with stone capped buttresses. Stone string courses, third pointed openings, window dressings and decoration. Pitched slate roof with upstanding stone capped gables. Stone cross surmounting apex of each gable. High altar salvaged from original St Winefride church built by Pugin, 1842.

The description above describes the salient features of the building as it was at the date of listing. It is given in order to aid identification; it is not intended to be either comprehensive or exclusive.