Saint Brigid's Catholic Church — Straffan

Detached three-bay double-height Catholic church, built 1786-8, on a corner site on a T-shaped plan comprising two-bay double-height nave with lancet-arch openings, single-bay double-height transepts to north and to south having single-bay single-storey lean-to projecting porch to north-east, three-bay single-storey sacristy projection to south and single-bay single-storey flat-roofed projecting porch to east. Gable-ended roofs on a T-shaped plan with slate (lean-to to porch to north-east; gable-ended to sacristy projection). Clay ridge tiles. Cast-iron rainwater goods. Flat-roofed to porch to east behind parapet wall. Materials not visible. Rendered walls. Painted. Rendered parapet wall to gable to east. Cut-stone coping with cross finial to apex. Rendered quatrefoil to gable. Rendered parapet wall to porch to east. Cut-stone coping. Lancet-arch window openings. Stone sills. Rendered surrounds. Fixed-pane stained glass windows. Tripartite arrangement to east within round-headed frame having rendered hood moulding over. Fixed-pane windows. Pointed-arch window openings to sacristy projection. Rendered surrounds. Diamond-leaded windows. Pointed-arch door openings. Cut-limestone chamfered surround. Tongue-and-groove timber panelled double doors. Full-height interior. Carved timber stations. Plaster hood mouldings to openings. Plaster coved cornice to ceiling having decorative plaster rosettes to ceiling. Gothic-style marble altar furniture. Set back from road in own grounds on a corner site. Gravel grounds to site.Gateways, c.1860, to east and to north comprising cut-stone circular piers with stone capping having wrought iron double gates and railings.