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Catholic Church of the Sacred Heart — RATHCOFFEY NORTH

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Catholic Church of the Sacred Heart — RATHCOFFEY NORTH
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Detached two-bay double-height Gothic-style Catholic church, c.1820, on a cruciform plan comprising single-bay double-height nave with single-bay double-height transepts to north and to south (with flights of external steps to first floors) and single-bay double-height polygonal apse to east having pair of single-bay single-storey projecting polygonal flanking porches. Gable-ended roofs with slate (polygonal roofs to apse and to porches). Clay ridge tiles. Stone cross finials to gables to transepts. Cast-iron rainwater goods with trefoil motif to brackets. Nap rendered walls. Painted. Pointed-arch window openings. Stone sills. Fixed-pane stained glass windows. Square-headed door openings. Timber panelled doors. Double-height interior. Timber pews. Balustraded timber galleries to first floor to transepts. Decorative Gothic-style marble altar. Set back from road in own landscaped grounds. Freestanding belfry, c.1860, to south on a square plan with iron bell and slate roof. Gateway, c.1820, to east comprising pair of rendered piers with pair of cast-iron inner piers having decorative cast-iron gates with quatrefoil motif and fleur-de-lis finials.

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