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Freestanding Church of Ireland church, built 1722 altered internally in 1846, and extended in 1808 and in 1896 or 1910, having four-bay nave with four-stage tower (on square-plan) to the west (added 1808) having corner pilasters rising to cut stone finials over, single-bay single-storey vestry (possibly added in 1846) to the north-east corner of nave, and with polygonal chancel attached to the east (added c. 1896 or 1910). Pitched natural slate roof to nave with projecting ashlar eaves course, replacement rainwater goods; hipped natural slate roof to chancel with leadwork to ridges. Roughcast rendered walls to nave with three stepped clasping buttresses to south elevation and one to the north elevation (diagonally-set to ends of nave) topped by feathered dressed stone copings. Coursed rubble stone construction to tower with projecting stone stringcourses delineating stages, three inscribed plaques at first stage\ground floor level, clockface (on circular-plan) to the west elevation of tower at third stage level, blind oculus\roundel motifs having cut stone surrounds to the tower at second stage level. Rubble stone construction to apsidal chancel having flush sandstone block-and-start quoins to the corners; continuous sill course to chancel. Pointed-arched window openings to side elevations of nave having smooth rendered reveals, stone sills, cast-iron quarry-glazed windows, and with timber Y-tracery. Pointed-arched window openings to nave having chamfered ashlar sandstone block-and-start surrounds and sills, leaded stained\coloured glass windows, and with cut stone hoodmouldings over; curvilinear\flowing cut stone tracery to window opening to centre of chancel. Pointed-arch openings to tower at fourth-stage\belfry level having timber Y-tracery and timber louvers. Pointed-arched doorway to the north face of tower having chamfered staged cut stone surround, battened timber door, and with leaded overlight with painted and coloured glass panels. Pointed-arched door opening to vestry having battened timber door. Marble wall memorials to interior, including one dated 1770; timber hammer beams supported on stone corbels and plain plaster ceiling to roof, timber pews and wainscoting, pointed chancel arch having ashlar surround with engaged columns to base, carved stone baptismal font, marble pulpit (on octagonal-plan) having carved marble panels in relief to faces, encaustic tiled floor. Set back from road in own grounds to the east end of Newtowncunningham. Graveyard to site with mainly upstanding gravemarkers of nineteenth century date. Fence and hedging to site boundaries. Gateway to the west of site having timber lychgate, erected 1920, having pitched natural slate roof over.
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