Survey Data
Reg No
16401804
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic, Historical, Scientific, Social
Original Use
Church/chapel
Date
1810 - 1830
Coordinates
318357, 201359
Date Recorded
14/08/2003
Date Updated
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Description
Detached three-bay single-storey Church of Ireland church with three-stage tower and transepts, built c.1820 but now a ruin. The walls of the nave and transepts are partly in rubble and partly rendered, and the tower is in squared rubble and also partly rendered, with moulded string courses and a crenellated parapet. The roof has been completely removed. The entrance is to the south face of the tower and consists of a timber door set within a pointed arch-headed opening. The windows are also pointed arch-headed but are totally devoid of glazing or frames. Internally the building has been completely stripped and the walls finished in render. The church is surrounded by a graveyard.
Appraisal
Stark ruin of an early 19th-century Church of Ireland church which, even in its present state, adds interest to the local landscape. The graveyard is the burial place of President Erskine Childers (1905-74).