Saint Joseph's Catholic Church

Church/chapel in Monaghan, Ireland, dating from 1860–1900

Freestanding gable-fronted cruciform-plan French Hard Gothic-style Catholic Church, mainly built 1861-6, and designed by J.J. McCarthy, and facing south, having nave, one-bay recessed chancel to north end, side aisles recessed from gable-front, two-bay transepts having projecting gable-fronted porches, projecting gabled entrance to gable-front, three-bay sacristy to north end of west elevation, two?bay gable-fronted sacristy to north end of east elevation, and four-stage tower of 1895-8 with octagonal broached spire to front elevation. Pitched slate roof having cast?iron decorative ridge cresting, limestone eaves, copings with cross finials to gables, corbelling to eaves, and cast-iron box-profile rainwater goods with decorative hopper heads. Squared dressed limestone walls, with stepped buttresses to corners of plan and between windows of nave, and spire of cut limestone, and with string course to gable-front and tower. Double-light window openings to nave and clerestory with chamfered surrounds, trefoil heads, quatrefoils above, hood-mouldings, sloping sills, dressed voussoirs, and stained glass. Double-light lancets with similar detailing to sides of chancel, and paired to transept gables. Triple-light lancets with cinquefoil heads with elaborate traceried multiple trefoils above to sides of transepts, with similar dressings to nave openings. Five-light lancet window to gabl

Type:
Church/chapel

Period:
1860–1900

Where:
Monaghan, Ireland

Coordinates:
53.98°N, 6.72°W

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