Historic Building Details

HB Ref No:
HB12/01/012

Address :
Aghadrumsee C. of I. church Killygorman Rosslea Co Fermanagh BT92 7AU

Townland:
Aghadrumsee and Killygorman

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Survey 2:
B1

Date of Listing:
26/02/1990 00:00:00

Date of De-listing:

Current Use:
Church

Former Use
Church

Conservation Area:
No

Industrial Archaeology:
No

Vernacular:
No

Thatched:
No

Monument:
No

Derelict:
No

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OS Map No:
247/9

IG Ref:
H4718 3137

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Owner Category

Church - C of I

Exterior Description And Setting

An early 19thC barn church with three-stage tower to S and projecting chancel to N, set in a churchyard and aligned N-S at the E side of Aghadrumsee & Killygorman Townland. Pitched natural slate roof with advanced stone eaves and plain eaves board to N gable. Half-round metal rainwater goods. Walls are harled over a cement-rendered basecourse. All windows are lattice glazed and are set in splayed chamfered reveals with hood-moulds and chamfered stone cills (unless otherwise stated). S gable is abutted to centre by the tower (see later). The exposed right side has a squat lancet window with two narrow timber mullions set below eaves level. The left side extends slightly to include a stairwell (providing access to upper stages of tower) and contains a tall central lancet window to S. The tower consists of three stages and has a battlemented parapet with tall pointed finial to each corner. Each stage is slightly instepped from the one below and delineated by a stringcourse. (The second stage is considerably shorter and the third stage is free standing.) First stage contains the entrance door to E. It consists of a double-leaf timber sheeted door with strap-hinges and fixed Gothic-headed tympanum over, all set in a sweeping splayed chamfered reveal and accessed by three stone steps. Above is a stone shield bearing the inscription ‘To / the Glory of God / A. D. 1820’. S face has a lancet with cusped head. First and second stages are almost completely abutted by the stairwell to W. Exposed E and S faces of the second stage each have a pair of small squat fixed lancets with central sandstone mullion, set in a splayed square reveal. The third stage has a louvred lancet to each face. E elevation is three Y-traceried lancets wide. N gable is abutted by a lower chancel, which projects slightly and is detailed as church. The exposed section is blank. N face of chancel has a metal-framed stained glass lancet window with two narrow horizontal bars and set to centre. Right and left cheeks are blank. W elevation has is abutted to N end by a vestry, and to S end by a boiler house. Exposed section is blank. The vestry has a hipped artificial slate roof. Walls are dressed stone laid in irregular courses. N and W elevations each have a Tudor headed metal-framed window set in a stepped stone reveal. S elevation contains a Tudor-headed t+g-sheeted door with heavy cast-iron lock and door-pull. Boiler house is detailed as church with a monopitched artificial slate roof. To left is a tall harled chimney, which rises up the wall of the church and above eaves level. N face has a 6/6 sliding sash window with horns and stone cill. W face is blank. S face has a modern timber sheeted door set at right. Setting: The church is set in a churchyard containing a number of 19thC and 20thC memorials. It is enclosed from the road by a high rubble stone wall, and accessed by a pair of cast-iron gates.

Architects

Not Known

Historical Information

Erected 1816. Cited on 1834 OS 6” map. Restored 1875-78. Bell dates from 1899. Church restored once again in 1920. Primary sources: 1. OS Memoir, Clones Parish, Co Fermanagh (1834). 2. OS map, 1st edition, 1834, Co Fermanagh 35. Secondary sources: 1. A. Rowan, ‘North West Ulster’ (Harmondsworth, 1979), p.479.

Criteria for Listing

Architectural Interest

A. Style B. Proportion D. Plan Form I. Quality and survival of Interior J. Setting

Historic Interest

Y. Social, Cultural or Economic Importance

Evaluation

An early 19thC barn church with tower and projecting chancel, set in a churchyard and enclosed to road by a high rubble stone wall with a pair of cast-iron gates.

General Comments

Date of Survey

16 October 2000