Survey Data
Reg No
20908309
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic, Historical, Social
Original Use
Church/chapel
In Use As
Church/chapel
Date
1840 - 1880
Coordinates
138859, 65703
Date Recorded
29/07/2009
Date Updated
--/--/--
Description
Freestanding double-height gable-fronted single-cell church, built c.1860, with four-bay nave. Pitched slate roof with tooled limestone bellcote to front (west) gable, having limestone gable copings and cast-iron rainwater goods. Snecked dressed sandstone walls with tooled limestone quoins, sill course and plinth. Round-headed window openings with chamfered limestone sills, block-and-start surrounds having quarry-glazed windows. Round-headed door opening with chamfered limestone surround to front elevation, having timber battened door opening to cut limestone steps. Set within own grounds, having rubble stone boundary wall with square-profile rubble stone piers and wrought-iron gates.
Appraisal
Located on the outskirts of Kilmurry village, this fine, small scale church displays evidence of fine craftsmanship in its exterior detailing. The red sandstone and grey limestone utilised in its construction is typical of Cork county, and is characteristic of much of its nineteenth century church architecture. The interior was remodelled in the 1880s with the patronage of A.R. Warren of Warrenscourt. The character and charm of this building remains through the retention of numerous historic features.