Church of Saint John the Evangelist (Kilcloony) — Church Hill

Freestanding cruciform-plan Church of Ireland church, built 1842-3, and rebuilt following fire in 1899. Six-bay nave elevation, having gabled slight advances with entrances to west end of both nave elevations, full-height transepts, lower chancel, and with square-plan tower to west (entrance) end. Pitched slate roofs having cast-iron rainwater goods, cut limestone copings and cross finials. Cut-stone crenellated parapet to tower with carved spired pinnacles set on corner buttresses, and with clock faces to top stage. Ashlar limestone walls with cut-stone string courses. Lancet window openings throughout, triple to gables, east window having double centre light, with chamfered surrounds and cut-stone hood-mouldings, having stained glass. Lancet openings to tower, paired and with cut-stone louvres to upper stage, and in fours to lower stage. Triangular lights to upper part of transept and east gables. Pointed Order Arch doorway to west gable having hood-moulding continued by moulded string course, and having carved timber double-leaf door with pointed arch detailing, Y-tracery overlight and cut-stone steps, and flanked by widely spaced pointed windows. Pointed arch doorway to south elevation having chamfered surround and hood-moulding, cut-stone steps and flanked by gabled buttresses with stepped plinths and urn finials, and having carved timber double-leaf door. Grounds bounded by rubble limestone walls, perimeter to south having cast-iron double-leaf gate with chamfered square-profile piers, in turn flanked by square-headed pedestrian openings with cast-iron pedestrian gates. Cast-iron railings on plinth wall to west.