St Mary's Church stands on the corner of East Parade and Barkerend Road. The present building was completed in 1875
The church and presbytery is a Grade II English Heritage listed building. The listing states that it is a "large, tower less, Gothic church of sandstone "brick" with ashlar dressings." and that "St Mary's was built as the Roman Catholic Mother Church of Bradford, principally due to the efforts of Canon John Motler, parish priest 1865-81. Much of the construction was carried out by the parishioners themselves." Attached to the church was a club and cinema between the 60s-70s many people from the Irish community moved out of the area and were replaced by a large immigrant population from Asia. The church's congregation became too small to support such a large church and it eventually closed in 2008. Recently renovation work as started to make it into a all faith building for weddings meetings est all of the murals and statues have been covered for safe keeping and not to offend other religions
The church and presbytery is a Grade II English Heritage listed building. The listing states that it is a "large, tower less, Gothic church of sandstone "brick" with ashlar dressings." and that "St Mary's was built as the Roman Catholic Mother Church of Bradford, principally due to the efforts of Canon John Motler, parish priest 1865-81. Much of the construction was carried out by the parishioners themselves." Attached to the church was a club and cinema between the 60s-70s many people from the Irish community moved out of the area and were replaced by a large immigrant population from Asia. The church's congregation became too small to support such a large church and it eventually closed in 2008. Recently renovation work as started to make it into a all faith building for weddings meetings est all of the murals and statues have been covered for safe keeping and not to offend other religions
