Saint Peter's Church (Saint Peter's)

Church/chapel in Louth, Ireland, dating from 1745–1750

Freestanding Church of Ireland church, built 1748, by Hugh Darley. Three-bay two-storey nave, four-staged pinnacled tower surmounted by needle spire, c. 1780 by Francis Johnston, vestry to north-east. Hipped slate roof, lead hip and ridge flashing, cast-iron gutters on limestone carved corbelled eaves course, circular cast-iron downpipes, pitched slate roof, clay ridge tiles to vestry, ashlar limestone chimneystack, ashlar stone verge coping to gables. West elevation of ashlar limestone, central horizontally channelled limestone to entrance bay, rough ashlar limestone walling to all other elevations. Square-headed window openings to south elevation and vestry, limestone sills and painted timber six-over-six sliding sash windows to vestry, fixed nine-pane windows to south elevation with tooled limestone architrave, round-headed arched traceried opening to ground floor of nave, ashlar limestone surround and sills, pointed arch traceried windows to first floor, octagonal fixed lights, pointed arch window opening to east, stone tracery, stained glass light, Diocletian window to second stage of tower, round-headed opening flanked by pilasters and oculus to third stage, oculus to fourth stage. Main central round-headed opening, ashlar limestone doorcase surmounted by frieze, cornice and spoked fanlight, painted timber double doors with sixteen flat panels surmounted by eight panels,

Type:
Church/chapel

Period:
1745–1750

Where:
Louth, Ireland

Coordinates:
53.72°N, 6.35°W

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