Catholic Cathedral of the Most Holy Trinity

Cathedral in Waterford, Ireland, dating from 1790–1795

Detached six-bay double-height Classical-style Catholic cathedral, built 1793, originally on a T-shaped plan comprising six-bay double-height nave with four-bay double-height side aisles to north and to south. Extended, 1829, comprising single-bay double-height chancel to east. Renovated, 1854, with single-bay double-height lower apse added to east on a canted plan. Completed, 1893 - 1897, with five-bay two-storey Ionic frontispiece added to entrance (west) elevation with three-bay two-storey pedimented breakfront. Hipped slate roofs on a T-shaped plan behind parapet (polygonal to apse) with clay ridge tiles, and cast-iron rainwater goods on cut-stone eaves. Unpainted rendered walls with rendered stringcourse. Limestone ashlar wall to frontispiece with cut-limestone dressings including full-height Ionic pilaster strips (paired to breakfront), moulded stringcourses, plain frieze, dentilated moulded cornice, moulded surround to pediment having figurative tympanum, statuary over, and balustraded parapet with cut-stone coping. Round-headed window openings in round-headed recessed panels with cut-stone sills. Round- and square-headed window openings to frontispiece with moulded cut-stone sill course, cut-stone surrounds, and triangular and segmental pediments on consoles. Fixed-pane leaded stained glass windows to all openings. Square-headed door openings to side aisles with cut-sto

Type:
Cathedral

Period:
1790–1795

Where:
Waterford, Ireland

Coordinates:
52.26°N, 7.11°W

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