Survey Data
Reg No
14323008
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic, Historical, Social, Technical
Original Use
Church/chapel
In Use As
Church/chapel
Date
1860 - 1865
Coordinates
313756, 270802
Date Recorded
01/07/2002
Date Updated
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Description
Detached church, built, c.1861, with four-bay side elevation to nave, single-bay chancel and vestry to the east, and gable porch to south elevation. Incorporating fabric of earlier church, c.1770. Three-stage tower and spire to the west, c.1910. Pitched slate roof with ridge cresting and stone finials. Squared limestone walls with tooled limestone quoins. Pointed arch windows set in openings with ashlar limestone dressings. Pair of timber doors with wrought-iron detailing. Single-storey modern building to the west. Graveyard to north and east of church enclosed by rubble stone wall. Ashlar limestone gate piers set in rock-faced limestone walls with cast-iron railings and pair of gates.
Appraisal
St. Mary's Church of Ireland church was built c.1770 and was extended and remodelled from 1861-1863, to the designs of Welland and Gillespie. The building retains many interesting features and materials, such as the dressed limestone, pointed-arched windows, and stone finials. Artistic interest is added to the building by the stained glass windows by Heaton, Butler and Bayne. The setting of the church is enhanced by the carved limestone grave markers and the cast-iron gates and railings.