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Sixmilebridge Library

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Freestanding double-height Church of Ireland church, dated 1810, comprising four-bay nave and a later three-stage entrance tower. Design of tower by the Pain brothers. Derelict at time of survey but restored (2001) for use as public library. Pitched slate roof with cut-stone gable copings. Ashar pinnacles and crenellations to tower. Rubble stone walls with cut-stone eaves course, quoins and plinth. String courses to tower. Round-headed openings with cut-stone reveals, voussoirs, keystones and sills, now blocked. Graveyard to site with various cut-stone grave markers and mausolea. Cut-stone gateway with elliptical-headed opening having inscribed plaque, approached by flight of steps.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 20300291

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  • Aidanpryan, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Mike Searle, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Liam, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Hywel Williams, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Miguel Angel Masegosa Martínez, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0
  • Jon Sullivan, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
  • Joseph Mischyshyn, Geograph · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0

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