Church of Saint John the Evangelist (Ardamine)
Church/chapel in Wexford, Ireland, dating from 1855–1865
Detached four-bay double-height Church of Ireland church, built 1860-2; consecrated 1862, on a rectangular plan comprising three-bay double-height nave opening into single-bay double-height apse (east) on a bowed plan with single-bay single-storey gabled projecting open porch (south-west). Rededicated, 1915. Fish scale-coursed pitched slate roof; fish scale-coursed half-conical slate roof (east), crested terracotta ridge tiles, lichen-covered cut-granite "slated" coping to gables including lichen-covered cut-granite "slated" coping to gable to entrance (west) front with octagonal spirelet-topped buttressed bellcote to apex, and cast-iron rainwater goods on exposed rafters retaining cast-iron downpipes. Red brick English bond banded "Opus Incertum" walls on battered plinth with cut-Knockavocka stone buttresses including cut-Knockavocka stone diagonal buttresses to corners having lichen-spotted "slated" coping. Cusped lancet window openings (north) with hammered Knockavocka stone block-and-start surrounds having chamfered reveals framing storm glazing over fixed-pane fittings having margins centred on lattice glazing bars. Lancet window openings in bipartite arrangement (south) with lichen-spotted cut-Knockavocka stone chamfered sill course, and cut-or hammered Knockavocka stone block-and-start surrounds having chamfered reveals framing storm glazing over fixed-pane fittings havi
- Type:
- Church/chapel
- Period:
- 1855–1865
- Where:
- Wexford, Ireland
- Coordinates:
- 52.63°N, 6.23°W
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