Holy Trinity Church (Oughaval)

Church/chapel in Mayo, Ireland, dating from 1865–1875

Detached five-bay double-height Ecclesiastical Commissioners' Church of Ireland church, designed 1869; built 1869-71; consecrated 1872; extant 1897, comprising four-bay double-height nave opening into single-bay full-height apse (east) on an engaged half-octagonal plan with single-bay two-stage turret (south-east) on a square plan supporting octagonal "pencil spire". Restored, 1984-6. Interior including vestibule (west); pointed segmental-headed door opening into nave with timber double doors having overpanel; full-height interior with drag edged dragged cut-limestone baptismal font (west) on an octagonal plan below stained glass "Rose Window" (1872), carpeted central aisle between timber pews, cut-white marble wall monuments (ob. 1711-1951), stained glass memorial windows (1872-80; ob. 1850-78) between gold leaf-detailed inlaid murals (1878), sheeted Hammerbeam timber roof construction in carved timber frame on polished Kilkenny marble Corinthian colonettes, polished brass memorial Eagle lectern (ob. 1894) with cut-veined white marble Gothic-style memorial pulpit (ob. 1895) on an octagonal plan, and mosaic tiled cut-veined pink marble stepped dais to apse (east) supporting barley twist-detailed polished brass memorial communion railing (ob. 1889) centred on red velvet-covered altar below stained glass windows (1874) in mosaic tiled frames (1877). Set in landscaped grounds with

Type:
Church/chapel

Period:
1865–1875

Where:
Mayo, Ireland

Coordinates:
53.80°N, 9.52°W

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