Saint James's Catholic Church

Church/chapel in Louth, Ireland, dating from 1760–1765

Freestanding multiple-bay single-storey church, dated 1762, extended 1818 and 1852, renovated and extended 1994. Rectangular-plan with projecting sacristy and square-plan belfry tower, 1818, to south with flanking gable-fronted porches, 1852, projecting gable-fronted extension to west, 1818, with single-storey additions, 1994. Pitched slate roofs, clay ridge tiles, stone verge coping, cross finials to gables, uPVC rainwater goods. Painted roughcast rendered walling battering to base, crenellations, flat coping stones and angle buttresses to sacristy and tower with stone cross, granite sting course to sacristy first floor, recessed blind octagonal panels to tower, pointed-arch openings, granite sills, painted timber louvres; blind pointed-arch niches to gables. Round-headed window openings, granite sills, painted timber traceried sliding sash windows, plain glazed panels, square-headed window openings granite sills timber sliding sash windows to 1994 extensions. Round-headed door openings to porches, painted smooth rendered reveals, petal fanlights, granite thresholds, painted timber sheeted double doors, square-headed door openings to east and north elevations, timber sheeted doors. Interior with stone flag flooring, painted plastered walling and coved ceiling, timber panelled galleries to north, east and west, raised altar to south. Street fronting, building perpendicular to r

Type:
Church/chapel

Period:
1760–1765

Where:
Louth, Ireland

Coordinates:
54.01°N, 6.18°W

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