Cathedral of Saint John the Baptist

Cathedral in Tipperary south, Ireland, dating from 1780–1815

Freestanding double-height Church of Ireland cathedral, built 1784, with four-bay nave elevations, pedimented aedicular entrance projection to front with three-stage spired clock steeple above added 1812, and bowed chancel. Hipped slate roof to nave and conical slate roof to chancel, all with carved limestone dentillated cornice and pulvinated frieze, except for part of south end of front elevation. Carved limestone dentillated pediment to aedicule. Cut limestone steeple consists of cruciform base with metal clock faces to lower part separated from square-plan plinth by carved limestone string course, rusticated limestone to faces of upper part having central round-arch openings with carved limestone imposts and archivolts with keystones and flanked by engaged Ionic colonnettes supporting carved limestone entablature. Round-plan drum of dressed limestone with alternating round-arch openings with timber louvers and blind openings separated by pilasters supporting carved cornice and in turn supporting octagonal dressed limestone spire with carved limestone ball finial. Dressed limestone walls with dressed limestone plinth and carved string course. Bays of side walls are separated by Ionic pilasters to north wall rusticated to lower level and rusticated pilasters to south. Rusticated limestone to ground floor of front elevation, continuing to west ends of nave side walls, with dre

Type:
Cathedral

Period:
1780–1815

Where:
Tipperary south, Ireland

Coordinates:
52.52°N, 7.89°W

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