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Saint Ita's Catholic Church — KILMEAD

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Saint Ita's Catholic Church — KILMEAD
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Detached three-bay double-height Catholic church, dated 1798, on a cruciform plan comprising two-bay double-height nave with two-bay double-height transepts to north-west and to south-east, single-bay single-storey gabled sacristy projection to south-west and entrance bay to north-east having bellcote to gable. Extended, c.1980, comprising two-bay single-storey lean-to range to south-west. Gable-ended roof on a T-shaped plan with slate (behind parapet wall to north-east; gabled to sacristy projection). Clay ridge tiles. Cut-stone bellcote to gable to north-east. Replacement uPVC rainwater goods, c.1995. Lean-to to additional range to south-west. Artificial slate. Rendered walls. Painted. Rendered parapet wall to north-east with cut-stone pinnacles to coping. Lancet-arch openings (blind to bays flanking entrance to north-east). Cut-stone sills. Fixed-pane leaded stained glass windows. Lancet-arch door opening to north-east. Tongue-and-groove timber panelled doors. Square-headed door openings to remainder. Timber panelled doors. Full-height interior. Inscribed cut-stone wall monuments. Decorative stations. Gothic-style marble altar furniture. Balustraded timber galleries to first floor to transepts. Set back from road in own grounds. Tarmacadam grounds to site.Freestanding belfry, c.1870, to north comprising rendered piers with bell over.

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