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Saint Ronan's Church (Dromiskin)

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Saint Ronan's Church (Dromiskin)
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Detached Board of First Fruits style Church of Ireland church, dated 1821, no longer in use. Three-bay nave with engaged three-stage pinnacled tower to west, single-storey gabled vestry to north elevation with corrugated-iron roof. Pitched slate roof, red brick chimneystack, ashlar limestone stone verges to east and west gables returning to form pediments, stone eaves corbel course, cast-iron downpipe at tower. Unpainted rendered walling, ashlar limestone string courses, copings to stepped crenellated parapet with gabled pinnacles at corners. Pointed-arch window openings, limestone hood mouldings, dressed chamfered slightly projecting ashlar surrounds, windows missing; square-headed window opening to tower second stage; pointed arch opening to tower third stage, limestone hood moulding, chamfered ashlar surrounds, flush sills. Pointed arch entrance doorway at tower, ashlar limestone surround, date plaque above door reads "AD 1821 Revd Josh Pratt, Rector, Rev Ricd Woods, Curate, C. Fortescue Esq., F W Fortescue Esq., Church Wardens". Set in grounds of former monastery, round tower to south, now in use as graveyard, bounded by wrought-iron railings to west, rubble stone walling with style and wrought-iron gates to south.

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