Reg No
41310041
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Social
Previous Name
Carrickmacross Methodist Church
Original Use
Church/chapel
In Use As
Church/chapel
Date
1875 - 1880
Coordinates
284223, 303605
Date Recorded
23/11/2011
Date Updated
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Detached four-bay single-storey former Methodist church, built 1879, having lower L-plan two-bay single-storey wing recessed to east. Sold, 1919. Pitched slate roof having cast-iron rainwater goods, and moulded stone eaves course. Coursed snecked sandstone walls with tooled limestone quoins and plinth. Smooth render quoins to recessed part bay. Pointed-arch window openings having rendered surrounds and stone sills with timber windows having stained glass. Brick surrounds to east elevation windows. Main entrance consisting of pointed-arch door opening with stone steps, smooth rendered surround, and recessed timber tongued and grooved double-leaf door with decorative cast-iron hinges. Interior has carved timber pulpit and pews, arch-braced timber truss roof with battened ceiling. Church bounded by rubble limestone plinth wall with cast-iron railings and gates.
This modest church forms an attractive element in Farney Street. It was originally built as a Methodist Chapel by railway workers. By 1919, the Methodist congregation had become very small, and the church was sold to the Presbyterians (Minutes of Conference 1919, 57). The snecked sandstone walls are subtly hued, and the moulded eaves and the decorative door hinges add decorative quality. The simple interior is enhanced by carved timber furniture.