St. Werburgh's Church

Church/chapel in Dublin, Ireland, dating from 1710–1765

Freestanding Church of Ireland Church, built 1715-19 and partially rebuilt c. 1759-64, on site of medieval church. Three-bay front facade, end bays being two-storey, five-bay nave, single-bay vestibule to west end and single-bay recessed chancel to east. Pitched slate roof to nave and chancel with granite coping to raised verges, and having ogee-section cast-iron rainwater goods mounted on lead-lined granite eaves cornice. Integrated square-headed bellcote to west gable with granite surrounds, brass canopy and brass bell. Partially hipped roof to front end, concealed behind ashlar granite parapet with dentillated cornice and granite coping. Front facade has irregularly coursed dressed sandstone walls over projecting limestone plinth course, having Giant Order Ionic pilasters over rendered bases to ends of facade and paired to flank entrance bay and rising to hatched architrave and plain frieze beneath eaves cornice. Rubble calp limestone walls to remaining elevations, over offset plinth and having roughly dressed quoins to corners. Square-headed openings to first floor of front facade over rendered and moulded aprons, with moulded architraves and sandstone pilasters with scrolled brackets supporting segmental-headed dentillated pediments, and having twelve-pane fixed timber windows. Segmental-headed window openings to side elevations of nave, with dressed granite voussoirs, blo

Type:
Church/chapel

Period:
1710–1765

Where:
Dublin, Ireland

Coordinates:
53.34°N, 6.27°W

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