Rathmichael Church (Rathmichael) — Ferndale Road

Detached eight-bay double-height Church of Ireland church, designed 1860-1; built 1862-3; consecrated 1864, on a rectangular plan originally six-bay double-height on a cruciform plan comprising seven-bay double-height nave opening into single-bay double-height apse (east) on a bowed plan with single-bay single-storey gabled projecting porch (south). Extended, 1869. Extended, 1904, producing present composition. "Altered", 1992. Pitched slate roof; half-conical slate roof (east), crested clay ridge tiles, chevron- or saw tooth-detailed cut-granite coping to gables on cut-granite kneelers including chevron- or saw tooth-detailed cut-granite coping to gable to entrance (west) front on cut-granite kneelers with granite ashlar gabled bellcote to apex framing embossed cast-iron bell, and cast-iron rainwater goods on cut-granite double "Cavetto" consoles retaining cast-iron downpipes. Tuck pointed snecked granite walls on battered base with cut-granite flush quoins to corners. Round-headed window openings with cut-granite astragal or beaded sill course, and chevron- or saw tooth-detailed cut-granite block-and-start surrounds framing iron mesh storm panels over fixed-pane fittings having margins centred on leaded stained glass panels. Round-headed window openings (east) with cut-granite astragal or beaded sill course, and chevron- or saw tooth-detailed cut-granite block-and-start surrounds framing iron mesh storm panels over fixed-pane fittings having margins centred on leaded stained glass panels. Full-height interior open into roof with pair of polished brass plates centred on timber panelled pipe organ (west), carpeted central aisle between timber pews, cut-white marble wall monuments between stained glass memorial windows (1883), exposed scissor truss timber roof construction with diagonal timber boarded ceiling on carved timber cornice, quatrefoil-perforated Gothic-style pulpit on an octagonal plan with Gothic-style clerk's desk, and pointed-arch chancel arch framing mosaic tiled stepped dais to chancel (east) with barley twist balusters supporting polished brass communion railing centred on cloaked altar below stained glass memorial windows (1938). Set in landscaped grounds on a corner site with tuck pointed rock faced granite ashlar piers to perimeter having cut-granite pyramidal capping supporting wrought iron double gates.