St. Eugene'S Cathedral, Francis St., Londonderry

A double-height Gothic-revival style Roman Catholic cathedral with symmetrical tower. Built 1853-1873. Rectangular plan form, with a projecting four-stage porch tower with belfry and octagonal spire to south-west; two storey extension to north c.1988. Located on a triangular site adjacent to the junction of Francis Street and Upper Great James Street, set within its own grounds fronting onto Creggan Street. The principal entrance porch flanked by hardwood braced and sheeted double doors separated by a granite column. It has recessed orders with cusped Gothic-arches executed in restrained moulded granite. Tower buttressed with large tracery window above door, statue alcove above with quatrefoil either side, double lancet trefoil vents and much detail at top with crockets, corner pinnacles, octagonal spire and cross finial. The spire is in a 14th century style, with twelve crocketed pinnacles and diaper stone panelling in bands across the needle. Pitched natural bangor slate roof with black clay ridge tiles; gable walls extend above roofline with stone coping with gabled eaves stone and granite Celtic crosses at apex; four no. ventilation dormers to each side of principal roof; cast iron guttering on stone corbel brackets. Walls are of local blue/green schist stone, coarsed with snecking. Side aisles buttressed with granite ashlar and chamfered weathering stones. Gothic-arched window openings with triple lancet trefoil tracery windows with inset quatrefoils and gothic hood moulding above with label stop-ends. The first floor clerestory has smaller double lancet trefoil windows with quatrefoils, alternating with double ogee lancet windows with trefoils and quatrefoil above. At the north-east corner is a small, two-storey Newry Granodiorite sacristy block which was extended and refurbished c.1988. Decorative wrought iron entrance gates set in ashlar Mourne granite stone pillars. Boundary walls in ashlar granite with wrought iron railings and support posts. Materials: Roof Natural slate RWGs Cast iron Walling Derry schist and Mourne Granite Windows Stone tracery / Setting: Located on the west side of the River Foyle, on an irregular rectangular site between Francis Street, Upper Great James Street, Infirmary Road and Creggan Street, set within its own grounds, which also contain the Bishop’s House (HB01/21/002) and St Eugene’s Primary School (HB01/21/xxx). Decorative wrought iron entrance gates set in ashlar Mourne granite stone pillars. Boundary walls in ashlar granite with wrought iron railings and support posts.