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Kilkea Church

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Kilkea Church
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Detached four-bay double-height rubble stone Gothic-style Church of Ireland church, c.1850, with single-bay single-storey over basement vestry projection to north-east and single-bay three-stage entrance tower to south-west on a square plan having broach spire. Gable-ended roofs with slate (behind parapets to gables). Clay ridge tiles (decorative crested ridge tiles to vestry projection). Cut-stone chimney stack to vestry projection with polygonal flue. Cut-stone coping to gables (with cross finial to north-east). Cast-iron rainwater goods on overhanging corbelled eaves. Cut-stone broach spire to tower. Rubble stone walls. Dressed stone dressings including quoins and stepped buttresses. Cut-stone dressings to third stage to tower including corner strips and dentilated cornice. Paired lancet-arch window openings (tripartite lancet-arch window opening to north-east). Chamfered sills. Cut-stone block-and-start surrounds incorporating quatrefoils (having hood mouldings over to third stage to tower). Cut-stone voussoirs. Fixed-pane stained glass windows (louvered panels to tower). Pointed-arch door openings. Cut-stone chamfered surround to tower with hood moulding over. Cut-stone block-and-start surround to vestry projection. Tongue-and-groove timber panelled doors. Set back from road in own grounds. Gravel forecourt to front. Lawns to site.Gateway, c.1850, to north-east comprising pair of cut-stone piers.

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