Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic church, Townhill was built in 1968 to designs by F. R. Bates. The building replaced an earlier church of 1925-26. It has a cubical body of brown brick, partly outlined by a concrete frame outlined by green strips.

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Places of Christian Worship 1914-1990: A Selection of Christian Places of Worship, by ELAIN HARWOOD & ANDREW FOSTER
Glamorgan: (Mid Glamorgan, South Glamorgan and West Glamorgan), by John Newman, Stephen R. Hughes, Anthony Ward, 1995. Page 621.