Church of St. Finian and St. Mark — Kilmacrennan

Freestanding Church of Ireland church, built 1840-6, comprising four-bay nave with shallow projecting single-bay chancel to the north-east, single-bay single-storey gable-fronted entrance porch to the south-west end of the south-east elevation of nave having three-stage bell tower (on square-plan to lower two stages with belfry level over at first stage having canted corners) having ashlar spire (on octagonal-plan) over with moulded cornice to base, and with single-bay single-storey vestry attached to the south-west end of the north-west elevation. Pitched replacement natural slate roof to main body of building\nave having raised feathered ashlar verges to gable ends with moulded\corbelled cut stone kneeler stones at eaves level, and with cast-iron rainwater goods (including profiled gutters). Pitched replacement natural slate roof to chancel, porch and vestry having raised feathered ashlar verges to gable ends with moulded\corbelled cut stone kneeler stones at eaves level, and with cast-iron rainwater goods (including profiled gutters). Ashlar spire (on octagonal-plan) to spire having broached base and with moulded cut stone cornice with stringcourse to base. Squared and randomly coursed rubble stone walls having projecting cut stone plinth course with chamfered head, chamfered cut stone sill course to side elevations of nave and to chancel, cut stone stringcourse to nave and chancel forming hoodmouldings over window openings (stepped to the south-west elevation of nave), stepped clasping dressed ashlar buttresses to corners of nave, porch, and vestry having feathered ashlar coping over, and with stepped clasping ashlar buttresses to corners of chancel having with gable-fronted finials over with feathered ashlar coping. Tooled ashlar construction to tower having stepped clasping ashlar buttress to the south-west corner having feather ashlar coping over, cut stone stringcourse above first stage level, moulded ashlar stringcourse\cornice to base of belfry level. Date stone (on rectangular-plan) to porch inscribed ‘Revdd A. Hastings Rectore A.D. 1846’. Number of reused medieval dressed stone architectural fragments built into exterior of church (possibly from remains of Franciscan friary (see RMP DG045-010001-\40822005) located a short distance to the east) including remains of two hoodmouldings with vine leaf motifs to the vestry (see RMP DG045-008004-), carved sandstone panel with foliate motifs to the chancel gable, and fluted piscina-like cut stone fragments (see RMP DG045-008002-) over window openings to the north-east side of porch and to the north-east side of vestry. Pointed-arched window openings to the side elevations of nave and chancel having chamfered dressed ashlar reveals, and with cast-iron quarry-glazed windows. Two pointed-arched window openings to the nave gable (south-west) having chamfered dressed ashlar reveals and cast-iron quarry-glazed windows, and with quatrefoil window opening over having chamfered dressed ashlar reveals and cast-iron quarry-glazed windows. Three graded pointed-arched window openings to the chancel gable (north-east) having chamfered dressed ashlar reveals, decorative label stops to hoodmouldings over (see above) and with cast-iron quarry-glazed windows having painted decoration, and with margin glazing bars with coloured glass. Paired pointed-arched window openings to the north-east elevations of porch and vestry having chamfered dressed ashlar reveals and cast-iron quarry-glazed windows. Paired pointed-arched window openings to south-east face of tower at first stage level and pointed-arched window opening over at second stage level having chamfered dressed ashlar reveals and cast-iron quarry-glazed windows; pointed-arched openings to tower at belfry level having chamfered dressed ashlar reveals and timber louvered fittings. Pointed-arched doorway to the south-east face of porch having chamfered dressed ashlar surround, timber panelled double-doors with timber over panel, and with cut stone hoodmoulding over. Square-headed doorway to the south-west face of porch having chamfered dressed ashlar surround with haunched lintel over, and with timber panelled door. Set back from road in elevated site to the north of the centre of Kilmacrennan. Graveyard to the north and east of site containing collection of mainly upstanding gravemarkers dating from mid-nineteenth century until present. Tarmacadam forecourt and driveway to the south-west of site. Site surrounded by rubble stone boundary wall to the south-west and south boundaries. Gateway to the south-west corner of site comprising a pair of ashlar gate piers (on octagonal-plan) having stepped plinths to base, and moulded capstone over, and with a pair of wrought-iron gates with cast-iron decoration and cast-iron spear finials over. Altered single-storey former school building to the south, now possibly in use as a hall.