Saint Mochua's Catholic Church, NOUGHAVAL (BURREN), Noughaval, CLARE

Description

Freestanding gable-fronted double-height church, built c. 1840, with gabled entrance porch, bellcote, six-bay nave elevations, advanced confessional and projecting sacristy. Originally Church of Ireland church sited at Ballyvaughan, dismantled and reconstructed as a Roman Catholic church on present site, 1943. Pitched slate roof with cast-iron rainwater goods, gable copings and cut-stone bellcote. Chimneystack to sacristy. Snecked limestone walls with quoins. Lancet openings with cut-stone architraves and replacement uPVC windows. Pointed arch opening with cut-stone architrave, timber matchboard door and strap hinges. Cut-stone gate piers set in irregular coursed stone walls to site.