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A late 13th/early 14th century gothic church with interventions in the 18th century – the pulpit, and in the 19th century – stained glass. On the outside huge grotesque gargoyles, the inside slightly plain but with some good monuments. Monuments Here lie the tombs of the Lords Gowran who lived at Fermyn Wood in the 17th and 18th century. The 1st Earl of Gowran (1643- 1676) was a son of James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde, the great Irish Jacobite peer. Young Butler was ennobled in 1676 the same year as his marriage to Anne, daughter of Arthur Chichester, 1st Earl of Donegal. None of this last long as he died in Paris that year of consumption. The Barony of Gowran was recreated for another Irishman, Richard Fitzpatrick (1662-1727). He is the first to be commemorated here. He was a ...
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Opening Times
The church is open during daylight hours.
Contact Details
All enquiries about church services to churchwardens:
Paul Harris – 01536 330567
Rog Hatlem – 01536 771279
Email: [email protected]
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