Church of St Peter, Carrigrohane

The Church of St Peter, Carrigrohane, County Cork, Ireland is a Church of Ireland church built in 1854 and extended by William Burges in 1865-68.[1]

Church of St Peter
Church of St Peter of the Resurrection
LocationCarrigrohane, Cork
CountryIreland
DenominationChurch of Ireland
Website
History
Consecrated1854
Architecture
Architect(s)Joseph Welland & William Burges
StyleGothic
Years built1854-68
Clergy
RectorIan Jonas

The church, in a Gothic Revival style,[1] has a three-bay nave with a two-stage tower and gable-fronted porch. The chancel to the east side and later side aisle extension to the south were added by William Burges in 1865-68.[1] Built by Joseph Welland on the site of an earlier medieval church, the church retains "numerous original features", including stained glass by William Gualbert Saunders and Henry Holiday.[1]

The Reverend Robert Gregg was rector from 1865–74 and son of Bishop John Gregg, Burges's patron at Saint Fin Barre's Cathedral, Cork. Burges's commission, and the church, were modest; he was only asked to design an additional south aisle and vestry;[2] but Crook writes that the design reveals "an original architectural mind. And the stained glass is predictably good."[2]

References
  1. "St Peter's Church of Ireland Church, Carrigrohane, County Cork: Buildings of Ireland: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage". Buildingsofireland.ie. Retrieved 2016-06-29.
  2. Crook 1981a, p. "208"

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