Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Church
Townplots, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Townplots
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- St Johns Catholic Church (1934)
- Coordinates
- 51.70722, -8.52562
- SMR number
- CO112-034003-
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Church of St. John the Baptist. T-plan barn-church with wide nave and transepts dating from 1830s. Well-composed classical facade of ashlar limestone; superb tripartite Corinthian reredos in interior (Garner 1980, 7-9).
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1994). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.