Saint Catherine's Catholic Church — Aughrim

Freestanding Roman Catholic church, dated 1860, built of limestone, and having four-bay nave elevation, slightly lower chancel to east (road) end, gabled porch to west elevation, and square-profile two-stage tower to north elevation of chancel. Pitched slate roofs with cut-stone cross finials and copings, and cast-iron rainwater goods. Cut-stone copings to parapet of tower, bell to top of tower. Dressed snecked stone walls with tooled quoins and plinth. Pointed arch louvred openings to upper stage of tower with chamfered stone surrounds and cut-stone sill course. Trefoil-headed window openings to north and south elevations, having chamfered stone block-and-start surrounds, sloped sills, and cut-stone hood-mouldings, with stained and leaded glass windows. Pointed arch window opening to chancel, having chamfered stone tracery forming three cinquefoil-headed lights, having chamfered stone block-and-start surround with cut-stone hood-moulding and stained-glass windows. Oculus window opening to porch, having chamfered stone surround, cut-stone hood-moulding over, with coloured and leaded glass window. Square-headed door opening to porch, having chamfered stone surround and timber battened double-leaf door with stone threshold. Pointed arch door opening to tower having chamfered stone surround, carved hood-moulding, and timber battened door. Interior with pointed chancel arch and marble altar to east end, timber gallery to west end, open truss roof and stained-glass windows. Grave markers to site. Recent gates and railings to site entrance to south, having cut-stone square-profile piers with pointed caps, and cut-stone plinth walls. Situated on sloping elevated site with cast-iron staircase leading from road up to tower entrance. Cut-stone boundary walls.