The Vestry — Letterkenny

Freestanding former hospital chapel associated with St. Conal’s psychiatric hospital (see 40500012), built 1935, comprising nine-bay double-height hall with canted apse to the west end, projecting two-bay single-storey sacristy to the south-west corner, single-bay single-storey entrance porches to the east gable end and to the north-west, and with shallow projecting confessionals to the centre of the north and south elevations. Now in use as restaurant and community centre. Pitched slate roof to main body of building with moulded cut stone eaves course, raised rendered verges to the gable ends with cross finials over gable apex and with scrolled console kneeler stones to eaves, and some surviving sections of cast-iron rainwater goods. Pitched natural slate roof to sacristy having with moulded cut stone eaves course, raised rendered verges to the south gable end with scrolled console kneeler stones to eaves. Hipped natural slate roof to apse to west having moulded cut stone eaves course. Hipped natural slate roof to porch to the north having moulded cut stone eaves course. Pitched natural slate roof to porch to the east gable end having moulded cut stone eaves course, raised rendered verges to the east gable with cross finial over gable apex and with scrolled console kneeler stones to eaves. Mono-pitched cut stone roofs to confessional projections. Roughcast rendered walls with ashlar sandstone plinth course, ashlar sandstone pilasters between bays and to corners of main body of building, apse, porches, and sacristy, and with round-headed ashlar sandstone arcades to east and west gable ends of main body of building. Round-arched window openings with ashlar sandstone block-and-start surrounds, chamfered ashlar sills, replacement windows, and with cut stone hoodmouldings over. Circular octofoil window opening to the east gable end having ashlar sandstone surround, ashlar tracery, leaded stained glass windows, and with cut stone hoodmoulding over. Roundel openings beneath windows to nave and to confessionals having ashlar sandstone surrounds with glass insets. Square-headed door openings to porches with ashlar sandstone surrounds, and double-leaf timber panelled doors with fielded panels. Round-headed door opening to interior of porch with double-leaf half-glazed timber panelled doors having leaded stained glass and fanlight. Tripartite stucco round-arched arcade to chancel with Ionic-Corinthian pilasters. Canted vaulted stucco ceiling to nave with painted cast-iron air vents and corbelled hood mouldings to windows and entrances. Set back from road in shared grounds to the south of St. Conal’s psychiatric hospital (see 40500012) to the north of the centre of Letterkenny.