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Catholic Church of Our Lady of Lourdes — Abbeyshrule

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Catholic Church of Our Lady of Lourdes — Abbeyshrule
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Detached Roman Catholic church on sub pentagonal-plan, dated 1981, having splayed projecting walls to entrance (west). Sanctuary/chancel to east set in recessed bay on triangular-plan. Pitched slate roof having central roof lantern/dormer opening to west face having square-headed seven-light windows. Painted smooth rendered walls over smooth rendered plinth course. Square-headed window openings having fixed metal-framed windows. Recessed square-headed door opening to west having a pair of timber framed doors with flanking sidelights. Overhanging canopy to entrance supported on moulded timber upright. Open interior with timber altar fittings with contemporary fittings to interior, round-headed arch to sanctuary. Set back from road in own grounds to the southeast of Abbeyshrule village. Circular rubble-stone enclosure to front of church (west) having metal cross sculpture. Rubble limestone boundary walls to road-frontage. Entrance gateway to the west comprising a pair of dressed limestone gate piers (on square-plan) having cut stone caps and wrought-iron gates.

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