Killeigh Church (Geashill)

Detached Church of Ireland church, built in 1644 and substantially repaired c.1837, with four-bay nave, bellcote to western gable and vestry to east. Abutting outbuildings of Abbey Farm to north. Pitched slated roof with terracotta ridge tiles and cast-iron rainwater goods. Random coursed stone and roughcast rendered walls. Date plaque reading 1644 to southern elevation. Pointed-arched window openings with tooled stone surrounds, tracery and stained glass to nave and chancel. Pointed-arched window opening to rear with timber Y-tracery and tooled stone sill. Pointed-arched door opening with cut stone surround and hoodmoulding with timber battened double doors accessing rear porch, flanked by wrought-iron railings. Square-headed door opening with battened timber door to vestry with overlight. Single-cell interior with king post roof trusses and square-ended chancel. Tiled chancel floor. Pews to nave, and gallery and stone baptismal font to rear. Medieval sandstone effigy stored in porch. Upright and recumbent grave markers to graveyard. Freestanding cast-iron bell covered by pitched slate roof. Wall to road with roughcast render, stone coping and wrought-iron gate.

The graveyard completes the setting with artistically appealing grave markers and an impressive mid nineteenth-century snecked limestone mausoleum, guarded by a heavy cast-iron door.

Nestled close to the outbuildings of Abbey Farm, this handsome chapel-of-ease, with plain elevations, decorative windows and a fine, cut stone door surround, brings an architectural flare to the quiet side road in Killeigh. Established on the site of the Priory of Canons Regular of Saint Augustine, which was founded in the twelfth century, the church bears an exposed date plaque to its nave reading 1644. The structure is modest in design but expresses attractive features such as sandstone traceried windows with quatrefoils and lancets. The iron bell to the side of the church is an enhancing feature. The graveyard completes the setting with artistically appealing grave markers and an impressive mid nineteenth-century snecked limestone mausoleum, guarded by a heavy cast-iron door.

The graveyard completes the setting with artistically appealing grave markers and an impressive mid nineteenth-century snecked limestone mausoleum, guarded by a heavy cast-iron door.