Cathedral of Saint Mary the Virgin and Saint John the Baptist

Cathedral in Sligo, Ireland, dating from 1720–1740

Detached multi-bay stone church, originally built c.1730 by Sir Roger Jones to designs by Richard Castle. Original design consisted of cruciform plan with chamfered corners between nave and transepts, polygonal chancel to east end, square three-stage tower to west end, round-headed windows, plain corbelled eaves. Substantially remodelled 1812 in the gothic style. Single-bay gable-fronted chancel, vestrys, two-stage castellated towers engaged with north and south transepts, all added c. 1883. Pitched slate roofs reslated c. 2000, lead-lined valley and parapet gutters, lead hips and ridges, lead-covered flat roof diamond-shaped on plan over nave, square limestone chimneystack with tall yellow clay pot, uPVC downpipes. Uncoursed rubble limestone walls, limestone strings, copings, corbels and roof parapet castellations. Paired multi-paned intersecting tracery to nave and chancel, hood-mouldings, limestone block-and-start surrounds, flush sills. Curvilinear tracery leaded light east window to chancel. Square-headed window openings to north and south towers with hood-mouldings, block-and-start surrounds, flush sills, multiple-paned paired timber lancet windows. Round-headed window openings to bell-tower, fixed multiple-paned painted timber windows to lowest stage, timber louvres to top stage. Leaded light commemorative windows. Semi-circular-headed door opening to bell tower, moulded

Type:
Cathedral

Period:
1720–1740

Where:
Sligo, Ireland

Coordinates:
54.27°N, 8.48°W

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