Saint Nicholas's Church (Moylisker) — ROCHFORT DEMESNE

Freestanding Church of Ireland church, built in 1877, comprising a four-bay hall with an attached three-stage tower, on square-plan having an octagonal belfry and spire over, to the west end of south elevation. Single-bay gable-fronted porch to the centre of the south elevation and a single-bay extension to the east end of north elevation. Steeply pitched natural slate roof with gray slate banding, toothed clay ridge cresting and with raised limestone verges to either end (east and west) supported on cut stone kneeler stones to gable eaves. Cast-iron finials over west gable end and to spire with a cut stone chimneystack, on octagonal-plan, over east end of nave. Constructed with rock-faced snecked limestone with extensive ashlar trim including quoins to corners, flush string courses and dressings to openings. Slight batter evident to base. Trefoil-headed window openings to nave, a Geometric wheel window with stained glass set in a pointed-arched recess with cut stone detailing (including flanking colonnettes and a hoodmoulding over) to the west gable and three-graded trefoil-headed lancet openings to the chancel gable (east). Quatrefoil lucarnes to spire with trefoil-headed openings to belfry. Pointed-arch door opening to south face of porch (south) having timber sheeted double-doors and cut limestone surround with colonnettes having foliated capitals over. Set back from road in own grounds with graveyard to the north. Bounded on road frontage by a coursed rubble limestone wall. Main entrance to the southwest corner having a pair of cut stone gate piers (on square-plan) supporting a wrought-iron gate. Located to the south of Mullingar and to the south of attendant rectory (15402611).