Straffan Parish Church

Straffan Parish Church
Teampall Pharóiste, Teach Srafáin
Straffan Parish Church is located in Ireland
Straffan Parish Church
Straffan Parish Church
53°18′39″N 6°36′35″W / 53.310959°N 6.609585°W / 53.310959; -6.609585
LocationStraffan, County Kildare
CountryIreland
DenominationChurch of Ireland
History
Consecrated18 June 1838[1]
Architecture
Functional statusactive
StyleGothic Revival
Years built8
Groundbreaking1830
Specifications
Length30 m (98 ft)
Width11 m (36 ft)
Number of floors1
Floor area350 m2 (3,800 sq ft)
Materialslimestone, slate, cast iron, lead
Bells1
Administration
ProvinceDublin and Cashel
DioceseDublin and Glendalough
ParishCelbridge & Straffan with Newcastle Lyons

Straffan Parish Church is a Gothic Revival Church of Ireland church in Straffan, Ireland, completed in 1838.[2][3][4][5]

Location

Straffan Parish Church is located in the south of Straffan village, 700 m (½ mile) north of the River Liffey.[6]

History

The successor to St. Patrick's Church, Straffan, this church was established by Hugh and Anna Barton in 1830 and consecrated in 1838.

The original church consisted of a porch with vestry and utility room surmounted by a spire. The porch opened into the nave with a simple sanctuary at the east end. The north and south transepts, followed by a raised sanctuary were added later giving the church its present cruciform shape.

The oldest windows are in the transepts and were made in the 1870s by Heaton, Butler and Bayne.

At the top of the nave is a fine carved font dated Christmas 1875.

The organ was built by Peter Conagher & Co of Huddersfield and Dublin and installed in 1897.

The church remained a private chapel until 1933, when it was transferred to the Church of Ireland Representative Church Body (RCB).[7]

Building

A four-bay church on a cruciform plan.[8] In the nave, there is a variety of later windows depicting Christ's life and dedicated to the memory of Bertram Francis Barton, a former owner of Straffan House.

The three windows on the south nave (Christ blessing the children; the Crucifixion; and the Resurrection) are by Alfred Ernest Child.

The three windows in the north nave are by H.W. Bryans of London.

References

  1. ^ "Straffan Parish Church, Straffan, County Kildare (1838)".
  2. ^ "Straffan Parish Church, - Irish Photo Archive". irishphotoarchive.photoshelter.com.
  3. ^ Survey, Great Britain Ordnance; O'Donovan, John; O'Flanagan, Michael (21 July 2018). "Letters Containing Information Relative to the Antiquities of the Counties [of Ireland: Kildare" – via Google Books.
  4. ^ Lewis, Samuel (21 July 2018). "A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland". Lewis – via Google Books.
  5. ^ O'Dowd, Desmond J. (1 October 1997). Changing times: the story of religion in 19th century Celbridge. Irish Academic Press. ISBN 9780716526353 – via Google Books.
  6. ^ Tierney, Andrew (2019). The Buildings of Ireland: Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly. Yale University Press. pp. 601–2. ISBN 9780300232042.
  7. ^ "A french design, the K Club & the Barton and Guestierdue winery".
  8. ^ "Search Error: Buildings of Ireland: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage". www.buildingsofireland.ie.