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Cathedral church
A large aisleless cruciform early gothic church with a central tower over the crossing. The transept is almost central, with the choir slightly longer than the nave. Total length approx. 55 m., w. across transept approx. 39 m. (Nave 18.59m x9.14m; chancel 19.8m x 9.14m; N transept 7.21m x 5.86m; S transept 9.57m x 6.88m - Westropp). The choir has a large three-light E window, and there is a double window in the E wall of the S transept. Tall, narrow, pointed windows in the chancel, the N wall of the N transept, the S and W walls of the S transept and in the nave, with a single recessed exterior order (chamfered in the S transept and nave). The choir and transept contain a series of richly carved transitional or early gothic corbels. The W facade has clasping buttresses with angle rolls. Romanesque sculpture is also found on a number of features: capitals in the aumbries flanking the E window; a richly decorated doorway in the S wall of the nave; two reused grave slabs under the doorway; a font in the nave; a number of reused Romanesque stones incorporated into the fabric of the church, and some loose stones stored in the vestry. There is also a stone cross from Kilfenora in the nave.
Parish church
The church has a small rectangular barrel-vaulted nave (measuring 8.78m
x 5.33m internally) with an upper chamber under a steep gabled stone roof. The
chancel is lost but the chancel
arch, plain, with chamfered
imposts, remains. Small gabled windows survive on the N and S
of the nave and in the E gable of the upper chamber.
There is a round-headed window at the W end of the upper chamber. The only
sculptural decoration is found on the W doorway. A collection of loose carved
stone including some Romanesque pieces are housed in the church.
Parish church
Killamarsh is a town in the NE Derbyshire district of the county, 8 miles NE of Chesterfield but for practical purposes on the SE outskirts of Sheffield. The church is on the N edge of the town and consists of nave, chancel, south porch and embattled tower. The N aisle and vestry were added in 1895 by J M Brooks, but there was an earlier 19thc restoration in which the chancel was rebuilt. The only Romanesque feature remaining in the church is the S nave doorway.
Parish church
Late medieval nave and chancel church
incorporating earlier E gable. There is a small
quadrangular window in the N wall and three narrow lancets and a defaced
pointed doorway in the S wall. In 1839 a high enclosure is recorded running
from N to S along this wall with a doorway in the S, nothing of this now
remains. The E window of the church appears to be late Romanesque.
Ruined church
A small early church with antae, and a flat-headed W doorway with a narrow, plain architrave. Round-headed windows in S and E walls. The S window has a chamfered exterior and chamfered
label. The E window has two exterior orders, one square and one hollow-chamfered, and what could be the remains of a chamfered
label. The dimensions of the original building were c.9.00 m x 6.00 m, before it was extended eastwards at a later date (Leask).
Church (ruin)
Ruined church of simple rectangular plan, with an internal length of approximately 27.5m. The 12thc building was considerably shorter, since there is evidence to show that the chancel was an addition. According to Comerford, the E end of the building was adapted as the local Protestant church at the beginning of the 18thc., alterations which may have involved the demolition of the Romanesque chancel arch, if such a feature existed. Large sections of the N and S walls are now missing. The E wall, detached from the rest of the ruins, contains a small late Gothic window, comprising a pair of ogee-headed lights. The W wall, which has antae at the angles, contains one of the most delicately worked Romanesque portals in Ireland.
There is historical evidence for a round tower, which was deliberately demolished in 1703. According to Comerford (1882), the 'ornamental stones of the doors and windows' of the tower could still be seen in 'little houses in the neighbourhood'. None of these carvings have been located. Given the ornate treatment of the W doorway, it is likely that the church once had a similarly decorated chancel arch.
Parish church
Located beside the road from Corofin to Kilfenora, with the stump of a round tower to the N of the church. Only the W wall and parts of adjacent side walls are medieval. The W wall has antae which terminate four or five courses below the top of the side walls. There is a round-headed S doorway with a chamfered soffit roll, over which is a Sheela-na-gig. Nave dimensions c. 21 m x 6.9 m approx. (Westropp 1900).
Church (ruin)
The church consists of a nave measuring 17.5 x 5.6 m internally, with walls of rough uncoursed limestone and ashlar quoins. It is roofless, but the walls are intact and the W wall and doorway restored. A small mortuary was added to the E of the church in 1667. There is a flat-headed door on the N side, a 15thc. door on the S side, and windows at the E end of the N and S walls. The W door incorporates reused Romanesque stones and the E window is Romanesque, both probably built into a later medieval church.
Augustinian house, former
The church has an undivided nave and chancel,
with the E end raised approx. 0.9 m over a vaulted crypt. The E wall has two round-headed windows traversed by a
wall-passage and is 11.2 m wide; the church is narrower at the W end. In the
15thc. the present W wall was built, shortening the church, which was
originally 39.32 m long, to 26.36 m on the N and 26.82 m on the S side. The N
wall was restored and domestic buildings added to the S. The S wall of nave is
no longer standing, apart from a partially rebuilt late medieval doorway at W
end.
Graveyard
A loose jambstone was found in the graveyard of the 15thc. church in Killyleagh. It was discovered by Dudley Waterman in the late 1960s following clearance of the graveyard. Although the jambstone was placed in storage at the time, its current location is unknown. Waterman published a brief report on the jambstone in 1971, including a drawing and photograph (Waterman 1971). A cross-inscribed stone is the only other indication of an early Christian settlement at Killyleagh. An image and diagram of the jambstone is found in Waterman's article, and reproduced here with the kind permission of the Ulster Archaeological Society.