Survey Data
Reg No
14310001
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic, Social, Technical
Original Use
Church/chapel
In Use As
Church/chapel
Date
1820 - 1840
Coordinates
284824, 281999
Date Recorded
24/05/2002
Date Updated
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Description
Detached Roman Catholic church, built c.1830, remodelled, nave added, and cruciform plan formed in 1877. Roughcast rendered walls with channelled quoins. Pitched tile roof with terracotta ridge cresting and cast-iron crosses. Pointed arch openings with sills and some with ashlar dressings. Square-headed and pointed-arched door openings with stone surrounds, concrete steps and stone holy water stoups. Bounded by rendered and exposed stone walls with wrought-iron and cast-iron gates. Cast-iron belfry with cast-iron bell to east of church.
Appraisal
Saint Patrick's has a dominant position in Castletown, close to the crossroads. The stone dressings to the openings, with the rendered walls, provides textural interest. Artistic detailing is apparent in the execution of the cast-iron crosses and gates, and in the stained glass windows.