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Saint Thomas's Church (Knappagh)

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Saint Thomas's Church (Knappagh)
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Detached three-bay double-height Ecclesiastical Commissioners' Church of Ireland church, under construction 1852; consecrated 1854, on a rectangular plan comprising two-bay double-height nave opening into single-bay double-height chancel (east) with single-bay single-storey gabled projecting porch (north-west). Closed, 1996. Now disused. Pitched slate roofs; pitched (gabled) slate roof (porch), roll moulded clay ridge tiles, drag edged tooled cut-limestone "saddleback" coping to gables on drag edged tooled cut-limestone "Bowtell" corbel kneelers including drag edged tooled cut-limestone "saddleback" coping to gable to entrance (west) front on drag edged tooled cut-limestone "Bowtell" corbel kneelers with tuck pointed drag edged tooled limestone ashlar buttressed gabled bellcote to apex framing cast-iron bell, and cast-iron rainwater goods on cut-limestone eaves retaining cast-iron octagonal or ogee hoppers and downpipes. Fine roughcast walls on drag edged tooled cut-limestone chamfered cushion course on plinth with drag edged tooled cut-limestone quoins to corners; rendered, ruled and lined surface finish (east). Lancet window openings in bipartite arrangement with drag edged tooled cut-limestone surrounds having chamfered reveals framing fixed-pane fittings having cast-iron lattice glazing bars. Lancet window opening in bipartite arrangement (east) with drag edged tooled cut-limestone surround having chamfered reveals framing fixed-pane fittings having stained glass margins centred on cast-iron lattice glazing bars. Paired lancet window openings to entrance (west) front with quatrefoil window opening (gable), drag edged tooled cut-limestone block-and-start surrounds having chamfered reveals framing fixed-pane fittings having cast-iron lattice glazing bars. Set in landscaped grounds with drag edged tooled limestone ashlar chamfered piers to perimeter having lichen-covered shallow pyramidal capping supporting spear head-detailed wrought iron double gates.

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