Survey Data
Reg No
41402202
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic, Social
Original Use
Church/chapel
In Use As
Church/chapel
Date
1860 - 1880
Coordinates
253250, 317206
Date Recorded
16/04/2012
Date Updated
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Description
Free-standing Catholic church, built c.1870, having four-bay nave, and gable-fronted entrance porch to south gable end. Pitched artificial slate roof with wrought-iron cross finial to front gable of nave, and replacement rainwater goods. Roughcast walling over smooth rendered plinth. Pointed-arch window openings with rendered surrounds and leaded glazing. Square-headed entrance opening with replacement timber vertically sheeted door. Interior having timber sheeted ceiling with smooth plaster coving. Altar to north end with carved marble altar furniture, raised on timber steps. Timber pews flanking tiled aisle. Half-glazed timber panelled double-leaf door leading from porch into nave. Recent timber Stations of the Cross. Set back from road, situated in graveyard with detached openwork steel belfry to north of church with cast bronze bell bearing sat 1872.
Appraisal
This simple church building retains its original form, the elevations enlivened by pointed-arch windows with leaded glazing. The freestanding bell tower is typical of many of County Monaghan's Catholic churches, and the dated inscription adds historical context, also reflected in the painted-pane dedications in some of the windows of the church. The setting is completed by the adjacent graveyard and rendered boundary wall.