Black Abbey Catholic Church

Abbey in Kilkenny, Ireland, dating from 1220–1230

Detached two-bay double-height Dominican abbey, founded 1225, with two-bay double-height lean-to lower aisle to south. Extended, c.1325, comprising four-bay double-height transept to south having four-bay double-height lean-to lower aisle to west. Renovated, 1505, with single-bay three-stage tower added to west on a square plan. Renovated, 1527, with single-bay three-stage tower added to crossing on a square plan. Repaired, 1543. Subsequently in use as courthouse, post-1543. In ruins, pre-1778. Rededicated, 1778. Repaired, 1816. Extensively renovated, 1859-66/7, with single-bay single-storey gabled projecting porch added to aisle to west. Renovated, 1977-9, with interior remodelled. Pitched slate roofs behind parapets (including to tower to west; lean-to to side aisles; gabled to porch) with clay ridge tiles, cut-stone coping to gable to porch having cross finial to apex, and cast-iron rainwater goods on cut-limestone eaves. Roof to tower to crossing not visible behind parapet. Random rubble stone walls (broken coursed tooled cut-limestone walls to aisle to south and to porch) with squared limestone corner piers to south having cut-limestone chamfered capping, rubble stone Irish battlemented advanced parapets on cut-limestone corbels (forming corbel table), dressed limestone quoins to corners to tower to crossing, Irish battlemented advanced parapet having cut-limestone coping,

Type:
Abbey

Period:
1220–1230

Where:
Kilkenny, Ireland

Coordinates:
52.65°N, 7.26°W

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