Survey Data
Reg No
20910908
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic, Social, Technical
Original Use
Church/chapel
Date
1840 - 1880
Coordinates
134349, 53328
Date Recorded
14/07/2009
Date Updated
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Description
Freestanding double-height Church of Ireland church, built c.1860, comprising four-bay nave, single-bay chancel to side (east), three-stage bell tower and single-bay pitched roofed porch to front (north) and single-bay pitched roofed vestry to rear (south). Now disused. Pitched slate roofs with fleur-de-lis ridge cresting, having tooled limestone gable copings and cast-iron rainwater goods. Tooled limestone chimneystack to vestry. Hexagonal tooled limestone spire to bell tower with stepped tooled limestone eaves course. Rubble stone walls having tooled limestone plinth, string course below sill level and at impost level incorporating hood mouldings. Tooled limestone quoins and buttresses throughout. Tooled limestone string courses and plaque to bell tower. Lancet window openings with chamfered limestone sills and surrounds to nave and chancel, having cast-iron framed quarry-glazed windows to nave and lead-lined stained glass windows to chancel. Pointed arch window opening with chamfered tooled limestone sill, surround and hood moulding to side (west) elevation, having paired lancets and quatrefoil overlight within limestone plate tracery, having cast-iron quarry-glazing. Trefoil rose window openings with chamfered tooled limestone surrounds to gables, having lead lined quarry glazed windows. Lancet window opening with chamfered limestone sill and surround to first stage of bell tower, having lead-lined quarry glazed window. Alternating lancet and quatrefoil rose ventilation openings with chamfered limestone sills and surrounds to third stage of bell tower. Pointed arch door opening with stepped, chamfered tooled limestone surround and hood moulding to porch, having double-leaf timber battened doors with wrought-iron strap hinges, surmounted by carved stone crest. Pointed arch door opening with chamfered tooled limestone surround and hood moulding to vestry having timber battened door with wrought-iron strap hinges, surmounted by carved stone crest. Set within graveyard within rubble stone enclosing walls, having square-profile gate piers with wrought-iron gates.
Appraisal
A fine Gothic Revival church, whose steeply pitched roofs, soaring spired bell tower and pointed arch window openings are typical of this style. Tooled limestone detailing has been expertly executed and gives the building a refined appearance. The familial crests located above the door openings add to the building's interest. Together with its graveyard, ruinous earlier church to the east and former rectory to the north-east, it forms part of an interesting Church of Ireland group.