Saint Mark's Church (Ettagh) — Report the wrong picture

What is recorded here

Detached Board of First Fruits Church of Ireland church, built in 1831, with four-bay nave and two-stage tower. Extended to south-east to accommodate new chancel. No longer in use. No roof. Roughcast rendered walls with limestone eaves course, limestone coping and decorative saddlestone over gable. Castellated parapet to tower with pinnacles to corners and limestone string course. Lancet windows to nave with chamfered limestone surrounds. Triple lancet to chancel. Pointed-arched louvered openings to belfry with chamfered limestone surrounds. Pointed-arched door opening to tower with chamfered limestone surround. Graveyard to site with variety of grave markers. Site enclosed behind rendered rubble wall and accessed through wrought-iron double gates. Members of the Lloyd family from Gloster House are buried here.

The prayer table, pulpit and stained glass windows from this church have been brought to Aghancon Church. Although no longer in use, Saint Mark's Church (Ettagh) remains a notable example of early nineteenth-church ecclesiastical architecture. The two-stage tower complete with castellated parapet and pinnacles, the unusual chamfered limestone window and door reveals, all contribute to its architectural interest and make it a valuable addition to the built heritage of County Offaly. Members of the Lloyd family from nearby Gloster House are buried in the yew planted graveyard. Lewis records that the church ' is a small plain edifice' and was built with a loan from the Board of First Fruits in 1831.

This does not grant access. Most recorded buildings are privately owned; view them only from public ground unless the owner allows entry.