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Catholic Church of the Immaculate Conception — Glencorrib

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Catholic Church of the Immaculate Conception — Glencorrib
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Detached five-bay double-height single-cell Catholic church, built 1873-5; dated 1875; dedicated 1876; extant 1894, originally four-bay double-height[?] with single-bay single-storey gabled projecting porch to entrance (west) front. "Improved", 1944, producing present composition. Pitched slate roofs including pitched (gabled) slate roof to porch with clay ridge tiles, concrete[?] coping to gables on kneelers with Celtic Cross finials to apexes, and replacement uPVC rainwater goods on timber eaves boards retaining cast-iron downpipes. Rendered walls on rendered chamfered plinth with stepped buttresses to corners including tuck pointed drag edged rock faced cut-limestone clasping stepped buttresses to corners to entrance (west) front having drag edged tooled cut-limestone "slated" coping. Pointed-arch window openings with drag edged tooled cut-limestone block-and-start surrounds framing two-over-four timber sash windows having margins. Quatrefoil "Rose Window" to gable to entrance (west) front, concealed dressings with hood moulding over framing fixed-pane fitting having stained glass margins centred on leaded stained glass panel. Pointed-arch door opening with drag edged tooled cut-limestone block-and-start surround having chamfered reveals framing timber boarded or tongue-and-groove timber panelled double doors. Pointed-arch window openings to "cheeks" with concealed dressings framing fixed-pane timber fittings having margins. Interior including vestibule (west); square-headed door opening into nave with glazed timber panelled double doors having sidelights on panelled risers below overlight; full-height interior open into roof with timber panelled choir gallery (west) below stained glass "Rose Window", carpeted central aisle between timber pews, paired Gothic-style timber stations, exposed scissor truss timber roof construction with wind braced rafters to timber boarded ceiling, and pointed-arch chancel arch framing stepped dais to sanctuary (east) with arcaded communion railings centred on stepped "predella" supporting cut-veined Connemara marble panelled altar. Set in landscaped grounds.

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