Holy Trinity Church (Achill) — Gob an Choire [Achill Sound]

Detached four-bay double-height Ecclesiastical Commissioners' Church of Ireland church, begun 1849; dated 1849; consecrated 1852, on a rectangular plan comprising three-bay double-height nave opening into single-bay double-height chancel (north); single-bay single-storey gabled projecting porch (south-east) abutting single-bay single-stage turret on an octagonal plan originally single-bay three-stage. Vacant, 2004. Undergoing restoration, 2006-2011. Replacement pitched slate roofs; replacement pitched (gabled) slate roof (porch), clay ridge tiles, dragged cut-limestone "Cavetto" coping to gables on drag edged tooled cut-limestone kneelers including dragged cut-limestone "Cavetto" coping to gable (porch) on drag edged tooled cut-limestone "Cavetto" kneelers, and uPVC rainwater goods on boxed eaves. Repointed coursed or snecked rubble stone battered walls on drag edged tooled cut-limestone chamfered cushion course on plinth with drag edged tooled hammered limestone flush quoins to corners; roughcast surface finish to entrance (south) front centred on inscribed cut-limestone plaque in dragged cut-limestone frame. Lancet window openings in bipartite arrangement with drag edged dragged hammered limestone block-and-start surrounds having chamfered reveals framing replacement casement windows replacing fixed-pane fittings having cast-iron lattice glazing bars. Lancet "Trinity Window" (north) with drag edged dragged hammered limestone block-and-start surrounds having chamfered reveals framing replacement casement windows replacing fixed-pane fittings having cast-iron lattice glazing bars. Paired lancet window openings to entrance (south) front with concealed dressings framing replacement fixed-pane fittings replacing fixed-pane fittings having cast-iron lattice glazing bars. Pointed-arch door opening (porch) below cut-limestone shield date stone ("1849") with tooled cut-limestone step threshold, and drag edged dragged hammered limestone block-and-start surround having chamfered reveals with timber boarded door now discarded. Interior including vestibule (south-west) retaining tessellated "quarry tile" floor; full-height interior open into roof undergoing reconstruction, 2011, retaining exposed split arch braced strutted collared timber roof construction on drag edged dragged cut-limestone corbels with wind braced rafters to timber boarded ceiling. Set in unkempt grounds with limestone ashlar chamfered piers to perimeter having "Cavetto"-detailed shallow pyramidal capping supporting cast-iron double gates.