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Catholic Church of the Little Flower and Our Lady of Good Counsel — Kenny

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Catholic Church of the Little Flower and Our Lady of Good Counsel — Kenny
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Detached Roman Catholic hall-type chapel, built c.1840 and renovated c.1955, comprising three-bay nave with a gabled single-bay entrance porch to east side, c.1840, and a modern single-bay porch to west end. Pitched natural slate roof having overhanging eaves and cast-iron rainwater goods. Carved stone cross finals above gables to either end. Raised verge to porch at east end of nave with cross finial over. Smooth rendered walls having raised 'belt bucket' quoins to corners of main building and to eastern porch. Projecting stone string course at eaves level to gable ends. Cut stone plaque to east gable end of main building ' dated 1840'. Pointed-arch window openings to nave having flush cut stone block-and-start surrounds, cut stone sills and leaded stained glass windows. Oculus window to east face of porch (east) having leaded stained glass window. Pointed arch door opening to north face of entrance porch to east with modern timber sheeted door. Tapered cement rendered bell tower, on square-plan, to east with open belfry sheltered by metal pyramidal roof. Rendered cross to front side (north) of belfry with rendered wall with balustrades to road-frontage. Wrought and cast-iron gates to west end of wall give access to grotto to Our Lady. Set back from road a short distance to the immediate south of the main Mullingar to Ballymahon road (north) and to the west of Mullingar Town.

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