Church of Saint John the Evangelist (Tralee)

Church/chapel in Kerry, Ireland, dating from 1815–1820

Detached T-plan Church of Ireland church, built 1819, possibly designed by Richard Morrison, altered c. 1835 by G.R. Pain, polygonal apse added c. 1900 and having tower to east transept. Possibly incorporating fabric of earlier building. Pitched natural slate roof with cast metal rainwater goods, limestone ashlar to pinnacles, and having crenellations and pinnacles to towers. Rubble limestone walls to west transept, ashlar snecked limestone to apse, nave and east transept, with limestone quoins, and having string courses to square-plan tower. Leaded stained glass in limestone tracery set in ashlar lancets and round-arched openings. Timber matchboard single and double leaf doors with limestone surround and pediment to west entrance. Wrought-iron gate with limestone piers and carved sandstone pinnacles, set in limestone boundary walls with ashlar dressings. Wrought-iron gates from Crosbie Estate in Ardfert. Graveyard to site.

Type:
Church/chapel

Period:
1815–1820

Where:
Kerry, Ireland

Coordinates:
52.27°N, 9.70°W

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