Our Lady of the Sacred Heart, Cleator, Cumberland

Description

The Catholic church, dedicated to Our Lady of the Sacred Heart, built in 1853, at a cost of £6,000, a fine example of the architect, E. Welby Pugin esq. is a beautiful cruciform Gothic edifice of red sandstone, and is 130 feet by 50 feet and 75 feet across the transepts; the western front is bold and effective, and is surmounted by a belfry of exceeding beauty: the interior, which is remarkable alike for its exquisite proportions and the chaste and elegant simplicity of the ornamentation, will hold 1,000 persons.