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Title:	St Maelruain's C of I Church, Main Street, Dublin, South Dublin County
Authors:	National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Keywords:	Gable-fronted Gothic Revival church Seven-bay nave Y-tracery lancets drip moulding gabled parapet single-stepped buttresses spiked pinnacles corner buttresses Triple lancet windows multiple string course Tudor-arched double-leaf timber door medieval church tower Rough-dressed coursed rubble walls Four-stage bell tower irregular part-crenellated parapet polygonal projecting corbelled stair turret Monolithic early Christian stone font Three-bay cottage John Semple
Issue Date:	1-Jan-2002
Publisher:	Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government
Description:	Detached gable-fronted Gothic Revival church, built 1829, restored and remodelled in 1891. Seven-bay nave with slender Y-tracery lancets under drip moulding and gabled parapet to each separated by single-stepped buttresses with exaggerated spiked pinnacles. Clasping corner buttresses with multiple mouldings rising to ornately carved pinnacles. Triple lancet windows with drip moulding under projecting multiple string course following eaves line to east and west facades. Entrance porch with Tudor-arched double-leaf timber door joins west tower of medieval church to present building to its north. Rough-dressed coursed rubble walls. Pitched slate roof. Four-stage bell tower, irregular part-crenellated parapet and polygonal projecting corbelled stair turret to south-east corner. Monolithic early Christian stone font in graveyard. Three-bay cottage inside dressed stone gate piers and cast-iron gates to graveyard.
URI:	https://hdl.handle.net/10599/7338
Appears in Collections:	National Inventory of Architectural Heritage Collection Published Items

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