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Church of Saint John the Evangelist Fontstown) — FONTSTOWN LOWER

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Church of Saint John the Evangelist Fontstown) — FONTSTOWN LOWER
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Detached three-bay double-height Gothic-style Board of First Fruits Church of Ireland church, built 1823, with lancet-arch openings and single-bay three-stage tower to south-west on a square plan having battlemented parapet, needle spire and single-bay double-height flanking bays. Gable-ended roof with slate (behind battlemented parapet to gable end to north-east). Clay ridge tiles. Rendered coping to gables. Iron rainwater goods. Cut-stone needle spire to tower behind battlemented parapet. Roofs to flanking bays not visible behind battlemented parapets. Roughcast walls. Unpainted. Cut-stone dressings including clasping stepped buttresses to corners with pinnacles, stringcourses to gable end to north-east and to tower, and battlemented roof parapets. Lancet-arch window openings. Cut-stone chamfered sills and surrounds. Timber traceried diamond-leaded windows. Cut-stone traceried window to gable end to north-east with hood moulding and heraldic shield over. Square-headed window openings to second stage to tower. Fixed-pane timber diamond-leaded windows. Louvered timber panels to third stage. Lancet-arch door opening. Cut-stone chamfered surround. Timber panelled double doors with overpanel. Cut-stone plaque over with hood moulding. Set back from road in own grounds.

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