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St John's Church of Ireland Church — KILLOWEN

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St John's Church of Ireland Church — KILLOWEN
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Freestanding double-height Church of Ireland church, built c.1860, comprising four-bay nave with single-bay double-height chancel to east, lean-to vestry to north-east and two-stage spired entrance bell tower to south-west. Pitched slate roofs having tooled limestone gable copings, dressed limestone eaves course and cast-iron rainwater goods. Tooled limestone octagonal spire with wrought-iron finial to tower. Rubble stone walls with tooled limestone quoins throughout, having carved limestone string course between first and second stages of bell tower and carved limestone impost course incorporating hood mouldings of window openings to second stage of bell tower. Lancet window openings with chamfered limestone sills, surrounds and hood mouldings to front and rear elevations of nave, having cast-iron framed quarry-glazed windows. Pointed arch window openings with chamfered limestone sills, surrounds and hood mouldings throughout. Paired lancet openings within tooled limestone plate tracery to side (west) elevation, incorporating trefoil overlight, having stained glass quarry-glazed windows. Tooled limestone intersecting tracery to chancel opening, having lead-lined stained glass windows. Quarry-glazed windows to vestry. Limestone louvers to bell tower. Pointed arch door opening with chamfered limestone surrounds to tower, having timber door with wrought-iron strap hinges. Set within graveyard having rubble stone enclosing walls, with capped square-profile tooled limestone gate piers and wrought-iron gates to front.

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