Listed Building record MDR12329 - Our Lady of Sorrow Church, Ashopton Road, Bamford

Our Lady of Sorrow Church, Ashopton Road, Bamford, built in 1882. 'The Catholics have a school-chapel in Bamford, built in 1882, at the expense of His Grace the Duke of Norfolk. The building is in the Gothic style. On the walls are the fourteen Stations of the Cross, worked in high relief by Meyer, of Munich. A cemetery of over two acres in extent has been recently added.' (1) From the National Heritage List for England: 'SK 28 SW 8/4 PARISH OF BAMFORD ASHOPTON ROAD (West Side) Roman Catholic Church of Our Lady of Sorrows and attached Presbytery II Church and attached presbytery. 1882. Paid for by the Duke of Norfolk. Coursed squared gritstone with gritstone dressings. Stone slate roofs with stone coped gables with moulded kneelers. Chamfered plinth. Various stone stacks. One and two storeys, irregular plan and elevations. Single storey chapel to the south with 2- and 3-light chamfered mullioned and transomed windows and a bellcote with conical cap on the south gable. East porch and to the right a tall polygonal chimney stack. Presbytery at north end with main elevation to west. This is of three bays, the right hand bay gabled and taller. Central doorway up a flight of six stone steps. Oak studded door with segmental arched over- light above. 2-light window above. Flanked on each side by two storey canted bays with 4-light mullion windows, those to the ground floor also with transoms. Right hand gabled bay with a further 2-light chamfered mullion window above. Moulded first and second floor bands. Listing NGR: SK2070083765.' (2)