Catholic Church of Our Lady of Knock — TONYGLASSAN

Freestanding gable-fronted Catholic church, built c.1938, having seven-bay nave, slightly lower gabled single-bay double height porch to front (south west) elevation, and sacristy to north east. Pitched slate roof with rendered copings, cross finials and eaves brackets with cast-iron rainwater goods. Rendered walls and quoins. Pointed-arch window openings having render surrounds and sills with leaded stained-glass windows, square-headed window openings to ground floor of porch. Square-headed door opening to porch and sacristy with double-leaf timber battened doors, concrete steps to porch door. Interior has rendered barrel-vaulted ceiling with rendered transverse arches, on render brackets with pointed arch detailing to cornice moldings. Smooth rendered walls with painted sill course dado rail, and having moulded surround to pointed chancel arch. Varnished pine benches, carved timber confessional boxes to west corners of nave. Timber Stations of the Cross to walls. Glazed double-leaf door to narthex, containing steps to gallery. Rendered gallery to nave with blind pointed-arch detailed balustrade. Carved marble altar on stepped platform in chancel to east end, having marble reredos. Square-headed door opening from north-east corner of nave to porch and sacristy. Triple-light stained-glass window to chancel, depicting Our Lady and two saints. Lancet stained-glass windows to nave, having coloured-glass margin, and floral and cross pattée motifs to centre. Situated in Ballintra off Castleblayney to Ballybay road, set in own grounds, opposite graveyard and former church grounds to west. Statue dedicated to Our Lady to commemorate Marian year to front of site. Rendered boundary wall to front of site.