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All Saints' Catholic Church — Knockmoylan

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All Saints' Catholic Church — Knockmoylan
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Detached three-bay double-height Catholic church, built 1812, on a cruciform plan comprising single-bay double-height nave with single-bay single-storey gabled projecting porch to west, single-bay double-height transepts to north and to south, and single-bay double-height chancel to east incorporating sacristy leading to single-bay three-stage tower to east on a square plan. Pitched slate roof on a cruciform plan (gabled to porch) with clay ridge tiles, rendered coping, and cast-iron rainwater goods on rendered eaves. Roof to tower not visible behind parapet. Unpainted roughcast walls with collection of cut-stone wall monuments, cut-limestone stringcourse to first stage to tower, stringcourse supporting rendered parapet having 'battlemented' coping incorporating corner finials, and bellcote (with pointed-arch aperture having cast-iron bell, and piers with moulded necking supporting archivolt having cross finial to apex). Segmental-headed window openings with cut-limestone sills, and fixed-pane timber fittings having leaded stained glass panels (1923) (some square-headed window openings to chancel with no sills, and six-over-six timber sash windows). Pointed-arch openings to tower (one round-headed opening; slit-style to top stage) with no sills, and louvered panel fittings (timber casement window to round-headed opening having overlight). Square-headed door opening with timber panelled double doors. Square-headed door opening to tower with timber panelled door. Full-height interior with timber floor, timber pews, tongue-and-groove timber panelled wainscoting, carved timber Gothic-style stations, panelled gallery to first floor on cast-iron pillars approached by timber staircase, Classical-style reredos (with paired fluted Corinthian columns on panelled pedestals having flanking consoles to corners supporting entablature, frieze, dentilated cornice, and segmental pediment incorporating modillions) fronting segmental panelled screen having square-headed door opening (with carved timber architrave having frieze with swags, and dentilated entablature), and replacement altar fittings, post-1965. Set back from road in own grounds. Graveyard to site with various cut-stone markers, post-1812-present.

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