Survey Data
Reg No
14908009
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic, Social, Technical
Previous Name
Saint Carthage's Catholic Church
Original Use
Church/chapel
In Use As
Church/chapel
Date
1820 - 1860
Coordinates
222417, 229015
Date Recorded
07/10/2004
Date Updated
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Description
Detached gable-fronted church, built c.1840, with three-bay side elevation to nave and extension to rear. Pitched tiled roof with sprocketed eaves, rendered chimneystack to extension, carved limestone cross finial to gable and some cast-iron rainwater goods. Smooth rendered plinth with pebbledashed walls. Pointed-arched window openings with rendered reveals, timber Y-tracery windows and tooled stone sills to nave. Pointed-arched opening with timber traceried window, dressed stone surround, limestone sill and hoodmoulding to east gable. Pointed-arched door opening with dressed stone surround, hoodmoulding, replacement timber battened door and timber spoked fanlight. Timber pews to nave with balcony. Marble furniture to altar.
Appraisal
This simple Roman Catholic church, in the townland of Kilpatrick, displays some classic architectural features. Sprocketed eaves to roof, large pointed Y-tracery windows with stone hoodmouldings indixate that this structure belongs to the early nineteenth century. Maintained in good order and still providing an important social function for the residents of this parish, Saint Carthage's brings an important architectural character to the area.