Saint Mary's Church (Castletowndelvin)

Church/chapel in Westmeath, Ireland, dating from 1550–1870

Freestanding former Church of Ireland church, rebuilt c.1810 incorporating fabric of later medieval church building (c.1550). Comprises two-stage fortified medieval belfry tower on square plan (c.1550), a Board of First fruits-type hall (c.1810) and a later nineteenth century transept (c.1860). Now a roofless ruin. Constructed of limestone rubble with moulded stone detailing. Later transept constructed of snecked limestone with moulded stone dressings. Pointed-arch window openings with moulded stone surrounds and remains of timber and stone tracery to hall and transept. Pointed-arched louvered openings to belfry and loop hole openings below to adjoining tower. Main entrance to west with pointed-arched opening, moulded stone surrounds and hoodmoulding over. Set back from road in own grounds with graveyard to site. Rubble limestone boundary wall with wrought-iron gates to street frontage.

Type:
Church/chapel

Period:
1550–1870

Where:
Westmeath, Ireland

Coordinates:
53.61°N, 7.09°W

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