St. Thomas's Church, Dugort, Achill, County Mayo, Ireland

St. Thomas's Church, Dugort, Achill, County Mayo, Ireland.

Description (from https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/):
Detached five-bay... more

by Michael Kinsella

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St. Thomas's Church, Dugort, Achill, County Mayo, Ireland

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Michael Kinsella

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St. Thomas's Church, Dugort, Achill, County Mayo, Ireland.

Description (from https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/):
Detached five-bay double-height Ecclesiastical Commissioners' Church of Ireland church, designed 1851; built 1852, on a rectangular plan comprising four-bay double-height nave opening into single-bay double-height chancel (east); single-bay single-storey gabled projecting porch (south-west). Replacement pitched slate roofs with roll moulded clay or terracotta ridge tiles, slate-covered concreted coping to gables on drag edged tooled cut-limestone "Hollow" corbel kneelers including slate-covered concreted coping to gable to entrance (west) front on drag edged tooled cut-limestone "Hollow" corbel kneelers with buttressed gabled bellcote to apex, and uPVC rainwater goods on timber eaves boards retaining cast-iron octagonal hoppers and downpipes. Part repointed snecked rubble stone walls on drag edged tooled cut-limestone chamfered cushion course on plinth with dragged edged tooled cut-limestone flush quoins to corners. Lancet window openings in bipartite arrangement with single lancet window openings (east), drag edged tooled hammered limestone block-and-start surrounds having chamfered reveals framing fixed-pane fittings having margined cast-iron lattice glazing bars. Lancet "Trinity Window" (east) with drag edged tooled hammered limestone block-and-start surround having chamfered reveals framing iron mesh storm panels over fixed-pane fittings having leaded stained glass panels. Paired lancet window openings to entrance (west) front with dragged edged tooled hammered limestone block-and-start surrounds having chamfered reveals framing fixed-pane fittings having margined cast-iron lattice glazing bars. Pointed-arch door opening approached by two drag edged tooled cut-limestone steps with drag edged tooled hammered limestone block-and-start surround having chamfered reveals framing replacement timber boarded door. Lancet window openings ("cheeks") with drag edged tooled hammered limestone block-and-start surrounds having chamfered reveals framing fixed-pane fittings having margined cast-iron lattice glazing bars. Interior including vestibule (south-west); pointed-arch door opening into nave with timber boarded double doors; full-height interior open into roof with quatrefoil-detailed drag edged dragged cut-limestone baptismal font on an octagonal plan (west), carpeted central aisle between timber pews, cut-white marble wall monuments (1859; 1983) with collection of polished brass wall monuments ( 1881; 1990), exposed split arch braced strutted collared timber roof construction on cut-limestone corbels with wind braced replacement timber boarded ceiling, Gothic-style timber panelled pulpit on an octagonal plan with Gothic-style timber clerk's desk, and pointed-arch chancel arch framing carpeted drag edged tooled cut-limestone stepped dais to chancel (east) with turned timber balusters supporting communion railing centred on cloaked memorial altar (1935) below reclaimed stained glass "Trinity Window" (1880; 1957).

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January 1st, 2024