reorganisation and destruction of irish catholic churches
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@Praxiteles wrote:
Further problems arise with the addition of those awful appendages just under the Chancel window.
Daft putting a boiler shed and tank in such a place. For the sake of a bit of extra insulated piping, both the fuel feed and water in/water out, they surely could have put it somewhere else….. its horrible
FOr completeness, here are some shots of George Pain’s Spa House, in the Tudor style and of the Clock House (in better days) which may also be by Pain.
@samuel j wrote:
Daft putting a boiler shed and tank in such a place. For the sake of a bit of extra insulated piping, both the fuel feed and water in/water out, they surely could have put it somewhere else….. its horrible
Yes, I totally agree. Some other solution could have been found quite easily as there is plenty of space around the church.
Another early example of a Gothic revival church in the North Cork Region is the Anglican Church at Buttevant, Co. Cork, built for the Board of First Fruits in 1826 by the Pain brothers to a Greek Cross plan. The church is situated within the demesne of Buttevant Castle and stands on the site of the medieval parish church. So far it has survived and is still situated within its beucholic surrounds of mature beech trees.
Here the stone work is of coursed ashlar.
St. John’s Anglican Church, Buttevant, Co. Cork
Ground plan on a Greek Cross by the Pain Brothers (1826)
Can anyone produce a medieval prototype for a Gothic church on a Greek Cross ground plan? The arrangement seem much more at home with the classical revival and is indeed recommended by Serlio and Palladio.
St. Mary’s Anglican Church, Castletownroche, Co. Cork
Built in 1825 to designs by James Pain, the ground plan here is T-shaped. The church is another important example of the Gothic revival churches in the North Cork Region
St. George’s, Mitchelstown, Co Cork (1830)
Another example of early Gothic revival churches in the Noth Cork Region designed by the Pain Brothers. Here the stone work is coursed ashlar.
The 4th Earl of Kingston, “Big George”, genrously gave a prominent site and £500 for the building of St. Fanahan’s Catholic Church at other side of Mitchelstown. St. Fanahan’s was also designed by the Pain Brothers. In 1978, St. Fanahan’s disappeared during the night. Attempts to bulldoze it failed and eventually the army ordinance had to be called in to dynamite the remains. All that remains of St. Fanahan’s is a lone spire now attached to what must be the most hidious modern church in County Cork!
Somewhat outside fot he North Cork Region but important nonetheless for the evolution of the Gothic revival style of church building is Holy Trinity in Cork City.
Designed to plans by George Pain in 1832, the portico was complete by 1837 but the lantern was not added until 1889.
The influence of the E window of York Cathedral on the central arch of the portico is quite evident.
St. Mary’s Buttevant, Co. Cork
Built to plans drawn by the Cork architect Charles Cottrell 1832-1836.
Again, the W window is influenced by the E window of York Cathedral. Much other detail in this church derives from English prototypes of period between 1350-1420.
St. Nicholas, Churchtown, Co. Cork (1839)
Here we have St. Nicholas’ at Churchtown, built in 1839, and one of the earliest examples of a neo Gothic church built to the principles of A.W.N. Pugin in North Cork.
The Church of the Immaculate Conception, Kanturk, Co. Cork (1859-1867)
Another important landmark in the evolution of the Gothic revival church building in North Cork.
This church was built to plans drawn by Patrick Hurley and John O’Callaghan. It is 145 feet in length and 40 feet wide in the nave, side aisles 20 feet wide.
This is fine building, unfortunately, has been subjected to a series of idiotic “renovations” whose cumulatve effect is to delapidate ist structure in a serious fashion. It is to be hoped that something can be done to casue the latest series of stupidity to be reversed.
St. John the Baptist, Hospital, Co. Limerick (1852)
This church is also pertinent to the ecolution of the Gothic revival in the North Cork Region albeit just over the County Limerick border.
Has anyone a picture?
St. mary’s Church, Castlemagner, Co. Cork
Built in 1865 is a good example of a Gothic revival country church of the period.
St. Joseph’s Church, Liscarroll, Co. Cork
A simple country church built to plans drawn by J. Thornton in 1869. The church is a competent excercise in Puginian principles and reproduces idiomatic features from several of Pugin’s English and Australian oeuvre.
St. Peter and Paul’s, Killmallock, Co. Limerick
Built to plans drawn by JJ. McCarthy in 1879, this church represents a significant advance in the evolution of Gothic revival churches in the North Cork Region – albeit located just over the County Limerick border.
The Exaltation of the Holy Cross, Charleville, Co. Cork (1900)
This church by Michael Hennessey is one of the last churches to be built in the Gothic Revival idiom in North Cork. The interior contains a sumptuous chancel decorated in neo-Byzantine/Art Deco mosaics executed by the Dublin Craftworkers Guild.
Almost forgot Ballyhooley Church near Fermoy, Co. Cork
By E.W Pugin and G. C. Ashlin, in sandstone with limestone details, 1867.
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