Sacred Heart

Introduction

A sacristy, classroom, and store were built beyond the sanctuary, over part of the former burial ground.

History

The church was purchased for use as a Catholic church in 1902. The building was considerably extended at the rear in 1965, doubling the size of the old nave and transforming the interior into a rectangular space. The building appears to be early nineteenth century in date, although it is understood that there was a Meeting House in Kingsbridge in 1617.

Architecture and furnishings

The church is a simple rectangular structure with a projecting front porch, external walls faced with render, and slate roof coverings. The gabled front wall contains three sash windows with pointed heads. The interior is a single space lit only by the three windows in the west end wall and four small skylights. The interior has a parquet floor, plain plastered walls, and a suspended ceiling of acoustic tiles with cross-beams.

An elaborate Italianate marble altar stands in a round-headed niche at the west end of the north side. A modern square-headed niche in the same wall frames an opening with modern abstract stained glass. Over the main entrance hangs an eighteenth or nineteenth century oil painting of the Virgin and Child.