Survey Data
Reg No
14808008
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Social, Technical
Previous Name
Philipstown Church (Killaderry)
Original Use
Church/chapel
Date
1830 - 1840
Coordinates
247210, 227296
Date Recorded
13/08/2004
Date Updated
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Description
Three-stage tower of Church of Ireland church, built in 1835, with front elevation remaining. Now ruinous. Set within its own grounds. Roof and nave have been demolished. Tooled limestone plinth course. Squared random coursed limestone walls. Castellated parapet to tower with pinnacles. Date plaque to tower. Square-headed and lancet window openings with tooled limestone surround and hoodmouldings. Pointed-arched door opening with tooled limestone surround and hoodmouldings. Entrance now blocked up. Site bounded by random coursed stone wall with cut stone piers, cast and wrought-iron gate which gives access to the site. Graveyard with upright and recumbent grave markers, yew trees and random coursed stone bridge crossing small stream. Earliest grave markers visible, dated 1805.
Appraisal
This former Church of Ireland church is situated within its own grounds. All that remains is a pinnacled tower and gabled elevation. The ruinous monument retains much of its former character and is a testament to what once must have been a fine building. Within the grounds, yew trees are situated between recumbent and standing grave markers, one of which dates to 1805, suggesting that existing church was built on the site of a predecessor.