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Saint Joseph's Catholic Church — Gormanstown Crossroads

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Saint Joseph's Catholic Church — Gormanstown Crossroads
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Detached five-bay double-height Catholic church, c.1830, on a cruciform plan comprising three-bay double-height nave with single-bay single-storey flat-roofed projecting bays to south, single-bay double-height transepts to north-east and to south-west and single-bay double-height lower chancel to north-west having single-bay single-storey flat-roofed projecting bay to north and bellcote to gable. Gable-ended roof on a cruciform plan with slate. Red clay crested ridge tiles. Cross finials to gables. Cut-stone bellcote to gable to north-west. Timber eaves and bargeboards. Replacement uPVC rainwater goods, c.1995. Flat-roofs to projecting bays (behind moulded cornice to north). Bitumen felt. Roughcast walls. Painted. Rendered bands to eaves. Round-headed window openings (pointed-arch window opening to gable end to south-east). Stone sills. Fixed-pane diamond-leaded stained glass windows. Oculus window openings to gables to transepts. Square-headed door openings. Timber panelled doors. Set back from road in own grounds.Graveyard to site with various cut-stone grave markers, c.1830-c.1950.Gateway, dated 1912, to north-west comprising pair of cut-granite piers with cross motifs, cut-stone date stone/plaque and wrought iron gates and railings.

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