Catholic Church of the Holy Cross

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

Detached two-bay double-height Catholic church, built 1817, on a cruciform plan comprising single-bay double-height nave with chamfers leading to single-bay double-height transepts to north-east and to south-west having chamfers leading to single-bay double-height shallow chancel to north-west extending into single-bay two-storey sacristy to north-west. Renovated, c.1920, with single-bay single-storey projecting porch added to south-east, single-bay single-storey projecting porch added to sacristy to north-west, and single-bay single-storey canted infill bay added to north. Part refenestrated, c.1995. Pitched slate roofs on a cruciform plan forming pyramidal section to crossing over chamfers (hipped to porches; half-polygonal to canted infill bay) with clay ridge tiles (rolled lead ridge tiles to canted infill bay), cut-stone coping to gables having cut-stone gabled bellcote to transept to south-west (with round-headed aperture having cast-iron bell), and cast-iron rainwater goods on rendered eaves having iron brackets. Painted rendered walls. Round-headed window openings to nave and to chamfered bays with cut-stone sills, fixed-pane leaded stained glass windows, and some replacement fixed-pane uPVC windows, c.1995, having stained glass panels. Round-headed window openings to south-east in tripartite arrangement with shared cut-stone sill, and fixed-pane timber windows. Square-

Type:
Church/chapel

Period:
1815–1820

Where:
Waterford, Ireland

Coordinates:
52.16°N, 7.00°W

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