Saint Carthage's Cathedral (Lismore)

Cathedral in Waterford, Ireland, dating from 1810–1815

Detached seven-bay double-height Gothic-style Church of Ireland cathedral, built 1811, incorporating fabric of earlier cathedrals comprising three-bay double-height nave (incorporating fabric of earlier nave, c.1675), single-bay double-height transepts to north and to south having single-bay single-storey flat-roofed projecting porch to south, and three-bay double-height chancel to east (incorporating fabric of earlier chancel, 1630) having single-bay double-height gabled advanced lower chapels to north and to south, and three-bay single-storey vestry to north-east having single-bay single-storey lean-to projecting porch. Renovated, 1827, with single-bay two-stage tower added to west on a square plan having polygonal spire. Pitched slate roofs on a cruciform plan with clay ridge tiles, cut-stone coping to gables (having polygonal pinnacles to west), and cast-iron rainwater goods on cut-stone eaves. Flat roof to porch not visible behind parapet. Limestone ashlar polygonal spire to tower with gabled lucarnes, and moulded ribbed detailing. Random rubble stone walls with cut-stone dressings including stepped and clasping buttresses, corner piers, hexafoil panels to some gables, and cut-stone coping to some battlemented and crow-stepped parapets having corner pinnacles. Unpainted roughcast lime render to part of chancel over random rubble stone construction. Random rubble stone wall

Type:
Cathedral

Period:
1810–1815

Where:
Waterford, Ireland

Coordinates:
52.14°N, 7.93°W

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