Inver Church of Ireland Church

Freestanding double-height Church of Ireland church, built 1807 and altered in 1861 and 1917, comprising three-bay nave to the south (built 1807 and altered 1861), single-bay chancel to the north (added 1917) and with three-stage tower (on square-plan) to the south having pyramidal ashlar corner pinnacles and ashlar spire over (on octagonal-plan) with wrought-iron finial over. Single-bay single bay vestibules to either side of tower having pedestals to the outer corners. Pitched natural slate roof to main body of building with projecting ashlar eaves course, and with chimneystack to the north gable end/chancel gable having chimneypot over; pitched natural slate roof to chancel. Mono-pitched artificial slate roofs to side vestibules. Some surviving sections of cast-iron rainwater goods. Roughcast rendered walls over smooth rendered plinth to nave; snecked squared rubble stone masonry to chancel with dressed flush quoins to the corners; coursed squared rubble stone walls to the tower having slightly raised ashlar block-and-start surrounds to the corners and projecting leaded cut stone stringcourses differentiating the stages; coursed squared rubble sandstone walls to side vestibules. Circular clockface to west elevation of tower above openings at third stage/belfry level. Pointed-arch window openings to the side elevations of nave (east and west) having smooth rendered reveals, cut stone Decorated Gothic tracery, dressed ashlar sills, and leaded diamond-pane windows. Tripartite pointed-arch window opening to the chancel gable (north) having chamfered ashlar surround and sill, cut stone Perpendicular Gothic tracery, cut stone hoodmoulding over, and with stained glass windows. Pointed-arched window openings to the side elevations of vestibules having ogee-headed cut stone surrounds, ashlar sills, and leaded diamond-pane windows. Round window openings to the tower at second stage level having plain raised ashlar surrounds and with timber spoked windows; pointed-arch window openings over at belfry level having raised ashlar surrounds and timber louvered fittings. Pointed arched doorway to the front face of tower (south) having plain raised ashlar surround, timber double-doors, and with fanlight over having intersecting glazing bars. Flat timber boarded ceiling and timber wainscoted walls to interior; timber pews and pulpit with cut stone chancel arch. Set back from road to the west of Mountcharles. Graveyard to site having collection of mainly nineteenth-century gravemarkers (upstanding, recumbent and table monuments), some with cast- and/or wrought-iron railed enclosures. Site surrounded by rubble stone boundary walls. Main gateway to the north comprising a pair of ashlar gate piers (on square-plan) having a pair of wrought-iron gates with cast-iron fittings.