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| ST. LUKE'S CHURCH, CORK. -The foregoing sketch represents St. Luke's Episcopalian Church, situated on an elevation of the city called by some Napoleonic worshippers, "Montenottte." The site overlooks the northern end of the southern capital and the sylvan valley of the Lee. It is not a very large edifice and is designed in the perpendicular Gothic style, often called the Scholastic Gothic, of the 15th century. It is a very handsome specimen of that school of architecture. The material used in its exterior construction is a soft, grey limestone, quarried in the neighborhood. It has a pinnacled tower and a spire of cut stone. St. Luke's is not an ancient edifice. It was built during the first quarter of this century, after the design of George Rchard Paine, the same architect who made the plans of Elackrock Castle, a picturesque landmark on the west bank of the fine river. Mr. Paine was also the architect of the handsome Cork branch of the Bank of Ireland, and of many of the stately mansions that are reflected in the clear waters of the Lee. One of the most noted residences designed by him is the mansion of Woodville, the seat of the Penrose family, in which Washington Irving laid the scene in the life of Sarah Curran, the fiancee of Robert Emmet, sketched in "The Broken Heart." It is one of the most delightful spots in Ireland. |
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