Saint Patrick's Church (Granard) — Longford Road

Detached Church of Ireland church, built or rebuilt c. 1760, having two-bay nave elevations, four-stage tower to the west, and lean-to single-bay extension (c. 1930) to the east end of the north elevation, remodeled in 1861 and 1930. Possibly incorporating the fabric of a seventeenth century church to site. Pitched natural slate roof with raised cut limestone verges to the gable ends. Roughcast rendered walls to the ground floor of tower and to nave with rendered plinth course. Coursed rubble limestone masonry walls to tower with string courses and stepped Irish style crenellations to the corners of parapet. Round-headed window openings to nave and chancel gable with limestone surrounds and sills having Y-tracery quarry glazed windows with stained glass. Diocletian/semi-circular opening to west face of tower at ground floor level with fixed timber window and cut limestone surround. Square-headed opening to south elevation of tower at first floor level with limestone surround and fixed timber glazed window Round-headed windows to tower at belfry level with timber louvered fittings. Round-headed door opening to south face of tower with cut limestone surround having Doric style pilasters with timber fittings to fanlight over timber battened door. Limestone steps to entrance. Set back from road in sub-rectangular enclosure to the west of Granard town centre. Set in graveyard with collection of recumbent, table and upstanding cut stone grave markers. Site bounded by rubble limestone boundary wall. Square profile cut limestone piers with carved caps having double leaf wrought-iron gates give access to enclosure from the north. Coursed rubble limestone masonry square profile piers with carved limestone caps with single leaf wrought-iron gate to south. Square-profile lined-and-ruled rendered piers with wrought-iron gates and sweeping roughcast rendered walls to road to north, at start of approach avenue to grounds.