Survey Data
Reg No
20907229
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic, Social
Original Use
Church/chapel
In Use As
House
Date
1840 - 1880
Coordinates
145509, 73324
Date Recorded
11/05/2009
Date Updated
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Description
Freestanding Gothic Revival double-height former Church of Ireland church, built c.1860, comprising five-bay nave, single-bay chancel to east having lean-to vestry to rear (north) elevation, gable-fronted entrance porch to front (south) and lean-to outshot to side (west). Now in use as house. Pitched slate roofs having cut limestone gable copings with finials, limestone bellcote to western gable and corbelled limestone eaves course. Cast-iron rainwater goods and recent rooflights. Dressed limestone walls with corner buttresses having tooled limestone quoins and chamfered capping stones. Pointed arch window openings with cut limestone block-and-start surrounds and chamfered sills to nave, having quarry glazed windows with stained glass margins, lead-lined stained glass windows to side (west) elevation of nave. Pointed arch window opening with limestone sill course to side (east) elevation having intersecting cut limestone tracery and lead-lined stained glass windows. Paired pointed arch window openings with tooled limestone surrounds and sills to vestry with quarry glazing. Quatrefoil window opening to gable of side (west) elevation of nave having cut limestone surround and fixed single-pane. Pointed arch door opening to porch having cut chamfered limestone surround and hood moulding with timber battened door and limestone steps. Shouldered square-headed door opening to vestry with cut limestone surround and timber battened door opening to limestone steps. Square-profile cut limestone gate piers with chamfered corners and peaked caps to east of site. Graveyard to west. Set within own grounds.
Appraisal
There is evidence of fine craftsmanship in the exterior detailing of this fine Gothic Revival church. The character and charm of this building has endured throughout the years with the retention of many original and ornate features, such as a bellcote, stained glass windows and carved limestone dressings. It occupies a prominent position on a hill overlooking Coachford from the north, and forms a pleasant feature in both the streetscape and surrounding landscape.