Survey Data
Reg No
32403703
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic, Social
Original Use
Church/chapel
In Use As
Church/chapel
Date
1840 - 1845
Coordinates
144833, 310319
Date Recorded
24/08/2004
Date Updated
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Description
Detached rendered Catholic church, built 1844. Cruciform plan, four-bay nave, two-bay north and south transepts, full-width chancel to east, bellcote to west gable, single-storey sacristy with M-profile gabled roofs to east (chancel) gable-end. Pitched slate roofs, crested clay ridge tiles, ashlar limestone verge copings on corbelled springers, wrought-iron cross on belfry, stone crosses on transept gables, octagonal stone chimney on chancel gable, profiled extruded aluminium gutters c. 1995 on eaves corbel course. Painted smooth-rendered ruled-and-lined walling with straight V-jointed quoins to front (west), limestone plaque above door inscribed 'This church was erected A.D. 1844 revd. D Mullarkey P.P.', unpainted roughcast to other elevations and sacristy. Dressed ashlar gabled belfry with bell missing from pointed-arch opening, on round-headed base carried on semi-circular inverted cone corbels. Pointed-arched window openings, chamfered dressed limestone surrounds, hood moulds, flush chamfered sills, oculus windows in transept gables, stained-glass leaded lights, secondary glazing. Square-headed window openings to sacristy, smooth-rendered reveals, painted one-over-one timber sash windows. Pointed-arched door openings to west gable and north transept, dressed limestone block-and-start surrounds, contemporary stained glass fanlight over west door, hardwood vertically-sheeted double doors, hardwood diagonally-sheeted double doors with matching fixed panel over to transept. Interior with queen post truss roof, timber sheeting to flat and splayed soffit of roof, painted plaster walling, painted dado, hardwood panelling to chancel, timber pews, gallery to west end with panelled front, glazed screen below with contemporary stained glass c.1995. Road fronted, graveyard to south-west.
Appraisal
This Catholic church adopts a simple cruciform design. Features of interest include traditional and contemporary stained glass of artistic interest and a fine limestone bellcote.