A modest post-Vatican II church serving a modern residential settlement.

Originally a rural hamlet, Burtonwood is now a modern residential settlement in the middle of fields. The population increased with the opening of coalmines in the nineteenth century, but has been declining since their closure. A mission was established in 1886 and the original church on the site – still standing next to the present church – was opened in 1902.

The present church dates from 1972 and was built from designs by Cassidy & Ashton. The building consists of a rectangular enclosure faced with brown brick, with rectangular window openings. Set back from the outer wall of this enclosure is a continuously glazed clerestorey, on which sits a pitched roof covered with artificial slate. On the liturgical west side of the building is a projecting flat-roofed vestibule topped by a spirelet.

Amended by AHP 13.01.2021

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