The Corpus of ROMANESQUE SCULPTURE in Britain & Ireland
Ardfert (now)
Church (ruin)
A Romanesque nave and chancel church located NW of the cathedral. Only the nave survives. It has columns at the external angles, and a cornice and corbels along the S facade. Some carved and moulded stones have been reused in the upper W and S facades. The S window has unusual floral decoration on interior and exterior. The chancel arch has lost its inner order but retains two outer orders with chevron on the arch. There is a round-headed W doorway with a decorated label. The N window of the nave has a round-headed chamfered exterior and a square interior opening. the W facade has a splayed flat-headed window.
The walls are of rubble, mostly limestone, and the carved stone is of red sandstone. At the NE angle only one section of the angle column remains, keyed into the angle of the walls, while the rest has been rebuilt in limestone with squared quoins.