Saint Patrick's Catholic Church — LACKAN

Freestanding Roman Catholic chapel on T-shaped plan, built c.1820 and altered c.1880 and c.1923. Comprises single-bay nave, two-bay transepts to east and west and a shallow chancel to the rear (northwest). Pitched natural slate roof with projecting eaves course, red ridge tiles and raised limestone verges (with fractables) with cut stone Celtic cross finials over. Roughcast rendered walls with flush ashlar limestone plinth to base and rendered clasping buttresses to corners of entrance front (southeast). Pointed-arched window openings to nave and transepts, cinquefoil window with stained glass and cut stone surround above main doorcase to southeast side of nave. Triple-cusped lights with Harry Clarke Studios (c.1923) stained glass windows and cut stone surrounds to chancel gable. Pointed-arch doorcases to centre of southeast end of nave and to south and north ends of east-facing elevation of transepts, all with cut stone surrounds, modern timber glazed double-doors and overlights. Interesting interior with timber kingpost roof with trefoil decoration and marble Gothic-style altar goods (c.1915). Freestanding two-storey bell tower on square-plan to east of church with hipped slate roof, roughcast rendered walls with cut limestone block quoins to corners and pointed-arch openings to belfry (second storey) with timber louvered vents. Church and bell tower set back from small country road in own grounds to the west of Multyfarnham. Rubble limestone boundary wall with two ashlar limestone gate piers (on square-plan) with ashlar coping over and a pair of cast-iron gates and a cast-iron pedestrian turnstile gate to road-frontage (southeast).