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Kilgobban Church — BALLINKNOCKANE (CO. BY.)

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Kilgobban Church — BALLINKNOCKANE (CO. BY.)
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Freestanding double-height Church of Ireland church, dated 1824, with three-bay nave elevations, single-bay single-storey gabled vestry projection to north elevation and single-bay two-stage entrance tower to west gable end. Pitched artificial slate roof with moulded gable coping. Castellated parapet to tower with corner pinnacles. Red sandstone ashlar walls with random blocks of grey limestone, grey limestone dressings including quoins, string courses, buttresses, coved eaves band and date-plaque. Pointed arch windows having limestone tooled sills, reveals and hood mouldings. Paired lancet windows to nave having limestone "Y" tracery. Four-centred arch to doorway with square hood moulding, boarded door with iron handle and clear glass leaded panels. Plaster ceiling to interior with plain walls, sandstone ashlar pulpit having carved plaque and stained glass to east window. Unusual window shutter panelling in vestry. Gateway, built c. 1825, to west comprising pair of rubble stone piers with cast-iron gates.

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