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Saint Brigid's Catholic Church — Drumcong

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Saint Brigid's Catholic Church — Drumcong
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Detached cruciform Roman Catholic church, built in 1781, with entrance tower to north and single-storey sacristy to south. Transepts added c.1890. Pitched slate roof with terracotta crested ridge tiles, carved stone crosses, cast-iron rainwater goods and rendered chimneystack to sacristy. Pyramidal slate roof to tower. Rendered walls with corbel course to tower. Pointed-arched door opening has a block-and-start tooled limestone surround and battened timber double door. Tudor-arched door openings to transepts with overlights and sandstone block-and-start door surrounds. Pointed-arched window openings to nave have tooled limestone block-and-start surrounds and stained glass timber sash windows. Stained glass rose window to south. Cast-iron bell with cast-iron frame on cut limestone supports to site. Graveyard with grave markers dating from the eighteenth century to present. Site enclosed by a stone wall and cast-iron gates and cut limestone piers. Refurbished c.1995.

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