Saint Peter's Church (Ballymodan)

Church/chapel in Cork, Ireland, dating from 1845–1850

Freestanding cruciform-plan double-height Church of Ireland church, built 1847-9, comprising five-bay nave with three-stage turret to western end of front (north) elevation, two-bay transepts to front and rear (north, south), having three-bay (north) and four-bay (south) side aisles, single-bay double-height over crypt chancel to side (east). Lean-to vestry to side (east) of northern transept and side (north) elevation of chancel. Later lean-to boiler house to side (south) of chancel, lean-to meeting room with additional lean-to outbuilding to side (east) of southern transept. Four-stage diminishing bell tower to western end of front (north) of nave. Pitched slate roofs throughout, having cast-iron rainwater goods. Dressed limestone walls with chamfered tooled limestone capped plinth. Tooled limestone quoins and buttresses surmounted by pedestals to nave, transepts and chancel, formerly supporting pinnacles. Crenellated parapet wall with tooled limestone capping to canted bay. Carved stone string courses to transepts, vestry, side (west) elevation of side aisle and between stages of bell tower. Carved stone sill band to side (east, west) elevations of transepts and western end of side (south) elevation of nave. Roughcast rendered rubble stone and red brick walls to side (south, east) elevations of boiler house. Pointed arch window openings with tooled sandstone sills, surrounds

Type:
Church/chapel

Period:
1845–1850

Where:
Cork, Ireland

Coordinates:
51.74°N, 8.74°W

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