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Catholic Church of Saint John the Baptist — Powerstown

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Catholic Church of Saint John the Baptist — Powerstown
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Freestanding cruciform-plan Roman Catholic church, dated 1810, having two-bay nave, single-bay transepts and three-bay east end having single-bay chancel with two-bay sacristy behind, and extensions added 1992 comprising catslide roofs to north-east re-entrant corner and octagonal-plan belltower with lantern to west, entrance, end. Pitched artificial slate roofs, hipped to belltower. Pebbledashed walls, render cross to bell tower, and limestone plaque dated 1993. Round-headed window openings with stained glass windows, with lower timber casement windows to sacristy and vertical ribbon windows to tower. Timber battened double-leaf doors to tower. Segmental-arched door opening to west end of nave with dressed limestone surround and dropped keystone dated 1810, having half-glazed timber battened double-leaf doors. Interior has timber king-post truss roof, gallery to entrance end, marble altar furniture and side altar. Graveyard to site. Painted square-profile piers, wrought-iron double-leaf gates, and rendered and rubble stone walls to site boundary.

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