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Freestanding three-stage former Church of Ireland bell tower/belfry on square-plan, built c.1811, having corner pinnacles with ball finials over and the remains of a corbelled parapet with Irish-style battlements over. Church now out of use with main hall/nave of church demolished. Constructed using rubble limestone with extensive ashlar trim, including pilasters to the corners, a projecting string course between each stage and dressings to the openings. Cast-iron rainwater hopper and down pipe to north face of tower. Pointed-arched openings to former belfry and a pointed-arched doorcase to the south elevation with ashlar block-and-start surround, now blocked. Recessed roundels to second stage with ashlar surrounds. Surviving masonry from the nave, projecting from second stage, to the northeast. Set back from road to the north of the main Mullingar to Athlone road. Surrounded by a graveyard with an extensive collection of nineteenth century cut stone grave markers. Bounded by a random rubble boundary wall to the south. Main entrance to the south, comprising a pair of dressed limestone gate piers, on square-plan, supporting wrought-iron double gates. Former single-storey sexton's house to the southwest, with hipped natural slate roof, roughcast rendered walls and square-headed openings.
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