Loughbrack Church (Ballytobin)

Detached three-bay double-height single-cell Board of First Fruits Church of Ireland church, built 1829, on a rectangular plan; single-bay three-stage tower to entrance (west) front on a square plan. Now disused. Pitched slate roof with clay ridge tiles, lichen-covered cut-limestone rounded coping to gables, and cast-iron rainwater goods on cut-limestone eaves retaining cast-iron hoppers and downpipes. Tuck pointed snecked limestone walls on dragged cut-limestone chamfered cushion course on plinth with drag edged tooled cut-limestone flush quoins to corners; tuck pointed snecked limestone surface finish (tower) on drag cut-limestone chamfered cushion course on plinth with crow stepped battlemented parapet on cut-limestone double beaded corbels having lichen-covered cut-limestone rounded coping. Pointed-arch window openings with timber Y-mullions, and drag edged tooled cut-limestone block-and-start surrounds having chamfered reveals framing one-over-one timber sash windows without horns having cast-iron lattice glazing bars. Tudor-headed window opening (east) with interlocking timber Y-mullions, and drag edged tooled cut-limestone block-and-start surround having chamfered reveals framing one-over-one timber sash windows without horns having cast-iron lattice glazing bars. Pointed-arch window opening (tower) with timber Y-mullions, drag edged tooled cut-limestone block-and-start surround having chamfered reveals with hood moulding framing one-over-one timber sash windows without horns having cast-iron lattice glazing bars. Square-headed window openings (second stage), cut-limestone surrounds having chamfered reveals with hood mouldings framing rendered infill. Pointed-arch openings (bell stage), drag edged tooled cut-limestone block-and-start surrounds having chamfered reveals with hood mouldings framing applied timber Y-mullions on louvered timber fittings. Interior including vestibule (west); square-headed door opening into nave with carved timber surround framing timber panelled double doors; full-height interior with central aisle between timber pews, timber clerk's desk with timber pulpit on an octagonal plan, stepped dais to chancel (east) with carved timber communion railing centred on Gothic-style reredos below "East Window", and vaulted ceiling in timber frame. Set in landscaped grounds with lichen-spotted rock faced cut-limestone piers to perimeter having cut-limestone capping supporting spear head-detailed cast-iron double gates.