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Saint Paul's Church (Killashee)

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Saint Paul's Church (Killashee)
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Detached Gothic Revival style Church of Ireland church, built or rebuilt c. 1837 - 40, having six-bay elevations to nave with two-bay gabled section to centre of each elevation (northeast and southwest) and battered two-stage tower on square-plan to the entrance gable (southeast) with corner pinnacles, clasping corner buttresses with pinnacles over and battlemented parapet. Two-bay single-storey vestry extension to rear (southeast). Pitched slate roof with Tudor style ashlar limestone chimneystacks to gabled centre-bays to nave elevations and with raised cut stone verges to either gable end. Cut stone eaves course. Snecked limestone masonry walls over dressed limestone plinth. Carved plaque to tower. Pointed arch lancet openings to nave with cast-iron quarry glazing and dressed limestone surrounds. Triple pointed arch lancet windows to the chancel gable (southeast) with dressed limestone surrounds. Pointed arch openings to tower at belfry level having timber louvers and dressed limestone surrounds. Pointed arch lancet window opening to front face of tower (northwest) at first stage level having cast-iron quarry glazing and dressed limestone surround. Pointed arch and square-headed windows openings to vestry/addition to the rear (southeast) having quarry glazed cast-iron windows. Pointed arch door opening to southwest face of tower with chamfered limestone surround having timber battened double doors with carved limestone step and bootscraper. Pointed arch door opening to extension to rear having timber battened double doors. Set back from road in extensive grounds to the west of Killashee. Rubble limestone boundary wall to site, cast-iron railings to one section (northeast). Pair of cut limestone gate piers (on square-plan) to entrance having moulded capstones and double-leaf cast-iron gates with spear finials. Graveyard to the southwest (on square-plan) having rubble limestone boundary walls and a collection of cut stone grave markers, having collection of recumbent and upstanding grave markers, some with cast-iron railings. Entrance to graveyard comprising pair of square profile ashlar limestone piers with carved caps having double leaf wrought-iron gates.

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