[3] At first, there was no place of worship for the local Catholics, so Mass was said in an old stable, with holes in the walls and the roof.

Years later, the old stable was repaired, renovated and enlarged by joining it to a building that was previously a Fish and chip shop.

It is recorded in the parish, that in the early 1960s, a person unknown to the priest and the congregation stayed behind after Mass one Sunday and asked Fr.

Scalpell received a letter from a solicitor informing the priest that the benefactor would donate the necessary money if the person remained anonymous and that the church 'must be a fine building, harmonising with its austere, mountainous surroundings.

The architect, Maurice Pritchard and the builders, John Evans and Sons, were all from the local area.