Historic Buildings Record · Northern Ireland
St Patrick's Roman Catholic Church
Eagralougher, Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon, Northern Ireland
The record
- Designation
- Record only (not listed)
- Grade
- Record Only
- Type
- Church
- Date of construction
- 1900 - 1919
- Address
- St Patrick's Roman Catholic Church, Eagralougher Road, Loughgall, Co Armagh
- Townland
- Eagralougher
- Council
- Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Coordinates
- 54.41822, -6.61319
- Date of survey
- 31 December 2004
- HB reference
- HB15/02/063
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1891 "Ireland 16" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Department's description
Exterior description and setting
A church in a Romanesque-Revival style comprising a nave and semi-circular chancel, with square tower and later gabled porch. Main entrance faces north-west.
Roofs slated. Walls rendered roughcast with limestone rubble quoins and dressings including flat pilaster-buttresses to main entrance front. Later modern entrance porch built over original main entrance. Tower at north-west corner is square, 3-stage, with a stone-built belfry storey which has chamfered corners stopped at the base by spherical mouldings; steep pyramidal roof oversailing on brackets. Datestone on north side above ground floor 3-light window. Front porch flanked each side on main nave gable by small recessed cut stone stoups set in a circular niche.
SETTING: The building stands in a rural area, facing the public road, but set back from it within its own grounds. Grounds laid with tarmac. Front boundary formed by ornamented iron gates set between cast iron piers flanked by similar ornamental iron railings which extend to modern plain railings.
Historical information
Built in 1912 according to the datestone.
References – Primary Sources
1. Datestone on building.
2. OS Map 1952, Co Armagh 8.
Criteria for listing: architectural interest
Not listed
Criteria for listing: historic interest
Not listed
Evaluation
This is an early 20th century church which has some interesting details but has been spoiled by a later porch.
Nearby in the register
- Loughgall National SchoolSchoolunder 1 mi
- Eagralougher HouseNo type recordedunder 1 mi
- Roman Catholic GraveyardGraveyardunder 1 mi
- 7 Eagralougher RoadNo type recordedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.