st peters church

St. Peter's Church, a splendid edifice in modern Gothic style. As it is set well back from the street alignment, at the top of a double flight of wide steps, an excellent view can be obtained of the imposing front and spire. The exterior walls and dressings, elaborately decorated, are all in local limestone, while the interior walls are of Bath stone with polished granite pillars. Outside the main door, mounted on a modern pedestal and plinth, and now used as a holy water stoup, stands a small mediaeval baptismal font. It is octagonal in shape and finely carved; it is believed to have come originally from the old church at Killineer, which was a chapel of ease of the mediaeval church of St. Peter. The first Church on this site in West Street was built in 1791 to a design by Francis Johnston, and is partly incorporated into the present building, the foundation stone of which was laid with great pomp and ceremony in 1881. All the year round there is a constant stream of visitors to the shrine of St.