Overview
Fetherston Memorial — Ardagh is recorded as clock in Longford. Freestanding limestone four-stage clock tower, dated 1863, having octagonal stepped base of coursed ashlar limestone with clasping buttresses rising to crocketed pinnacles, second stage on square-plan with four gabled faces and open ‘belfry’ stage on square-plan with a spirelet over (on octagonal-plan) having wrought-iron finial. Pointed trifoliated wall plaque, with roll moulding having decorative label stop, engaged colonnettes, and date and lettering in low relief commemorating Sir George Ralph Fetherston.
Why it was built
The saved account records: Freestanding limestone four-stage clock tower, dated 1863, having octagonal stepped base of coursed ashlar limestone with clasping buttresses rising to crocketed pinnacles, second stage on square-plan with four gabled faces and open ‘belfry’ stage on square-plan with a spirelet over (on octagonal-plan) having wrought-iron finial.
People and work
The saved account records: Pointed trifoliated wall plaque, with roll moulding having decorative label stop, engaged colonnettes, and date and lettering in low relief commemorating Sir George Ralph Fetherston.
How it changed
The saved account records: Pointed trifoliated window openings with roll mouldings having decorative label stops, and quarry glazing.
What survives
The saved account records: Situated in landscaped surrounds with wrought-iron railings and gate set in gabled ashlar limestone piers and low coursed limestone plinth boundary wall.
Why it mattered
Fetherston Memorial — Ardagh matters for the exact reasons given in its official assessment, rather than merely because it is an old structure. The source records: A complex and richly decorated Gothic style memorial clock tower and symbol of mortality, which exhibits stone masonry and craftsmanship of the very highest quality. It forms the focal point of Ardagh, adding a high level of artistic incident to the centre of the village. Its Gothic style is ecclesiastical in character, an appropriate architecture for a symbol of mortality. It was commissioned by Sir Thomas Fetherston and Lady Francis Fetherston (nee Solly) as a memorial for Sir George Fetherston (1784 – 1853). An inscription dedicates the village of Ardagh to the memory of George Fetherston and commemorates his… This explains what the place adds to local life, the street or the surviving built history.
History checked 15 August 2026 against the named sources below.
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