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Catholic Church of the Assumption and Saint Malachy — Ballymurn

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Catholic Church of the Assumption and Saint Malachy — Ballymurn
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Freestanding single-bay (single-bay deep) single-storey over basement gable-fronted mortuary chapel, built 1861, on a rectangular plan. Pitched (gable-fronted) limestone flagged roof with Cross finial-topped roll moulded ridge, and no rainwater goods on cut-limestone "Cavetto" cornice. Cut-limestone banded tuck pointed tooled limestone ashlar walls on cut-limestone chamfered cushion course on tooled cut-limestone plinth with buttresses to corners having cut-limestone "slated" coping. Lancet window openings with cut-limestone block-and-start surrounds having chamfered reveals framing iron mesh storm panels over fixed-pane fittings having stained glass margins centred on leaded stained glass panels. Pointed-arch window opening (west) with cut-limestone block-and-start surround having chamfered reveals framing iron mesh storm panels over fixed-pane fittings having stained glass margins centred on leaded stained glass panels. Pointed-arch door opening to entrance (east) front with cut-granite step threshold, and cut-limestone block-and-start surround having engaged colonette-detailed chamfered reveals framing wrought iron-detailed timber panelled door. Full-height interior with stained glass memorial windows centred on Gothic-style wall monuments (1860; 1942), "lozenge"-detailed Gothic-style altar below stained glass memorial window (----), and vaulted roof with moulded plasterwork ribs on engaged colonettes on "Cavetto" corbels. Set in landscaped grounds shared with Catholic Church of the Assumption and Saint Malachy with wrought iron railings to perimeter centred on wrought iron-detailed timber gate.

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