Saint Edan's Catholic Church — Clongeen

Detached four-bay double-height Catholic church, built 1839, on a rectangular plan originally three-bay double-height single-cell comprising three-bay double-height nave opening into single-bay double-height chancel (east) with single-bay single-storey projecting porch to entrance (west) front. "Improved", 1861, producing present composition. Renovated, 1981, with sanctuary reordered. "Restored", 2002. Pitched slate roof behind parapet with clay ridge tiles, coping to gable (east) with Cross finial to apex, coping to gable to entrance (west) front with cut-granite gabled bellcote to apex framing cast-bronze bell, and replacement uPVC rainwater goods on slightly overhanging rendered eaves. Gritdashed roughcast walls on rendered chamfered plinth; gritdashed roughcast surface finish to entrance (west) front on rendered chamfered plinth with rendered quoins to corners supporting parapet having pinnacle-topped cut-granite coping. Round-headed window openings with cut-granite sills, Y-mullions, and cut-granite surrounds having chamfered reveals framing fixed-pane fittings having stained glass margins centred on leaded stained glass panels. Round-headed window opening to chancel (east) with fixed-pane fitting having leaded stained glass margins centred on leaded stained glass panel. "Venetian Window" to gable to entrance (west) front with cut-granite sill, mullions, and concealed dressings framing storm glazing over fixed-pane fittings having stained glass margins centred on leaded stained glass panel. Round-headed window opening (porch) with cut-granite sill, and rendered "bas-relief" surround framing fixed-pane fitting having stained glass margins centred on leaded stained glass panel. Pointed-arch opposing door openings to "cheeks" with rendered "bas-relief" surrounds having chamfered reveals framing diagonal timber boarded or tongue-and-groove timber panelled double doors. Interior including vestibule (west) with stained glass window (undated); square-headed door opening into nave with replacement glazed timber double doors having sidelights; full-height interior with carpeted aisles between cruciform-detailed timber pews, paired timber stations between stained glass windows (undated), moulded plasterwork cornice to ceiling, and cut-veined white marble stepped dais to sanctuary (east) reordered, 1981, with round-headed chancel arch framing Gothic-style high altar below stained glass memorial "East Window" (----) in mosaic tiled surround. Set in landscaped grounds on a corner site with gritdashed roughcast boundary wall to perimeter having lichen-spotted "saddleback" coping.