- Building type: Church
- Date of construction: 1872
- Architect: John O'Neill
- Listing: B
- HB/SMR Ref: HB18/20/041
- 2nd Survey by EHS: No
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St. Patrick's RC Church, St. Patrick's Avenue, Downpatrick
County Down
Gothic style church, L-shaped in plan. Large East wing is a later addition. Original nave with pitched slate roof. Side-corner tall square tower with corner buttresses and stone spire, decorated pilasters. Side-rear turret. South gable, recessed archway with decorative columns below large tracery rose window, and large arched windows. North face joined to convent at NW corner. 2 storey octagonal ending, lean-to aisle with gabled porch entrance. Cast stone dressing on new addition
| Stone Type Category: | Buff-Pink Sandstone |
| Primary Stone Type: | Scrabo Sandstone |
| Secondary Stone Type: | Giffnock Sandstone |
| Other Stone Type: | Locharbriggs Sandstone |
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| Stonework Construction: | Random-coursed rock-faced |
| Stonework Condition: | Stonework is in poor condition with significant bedding-plane erosion, face loss and hollowing of individual blocks, exacerbated by the use of hard cement mortar |
| Condition Assessment (QUB): | 3 |
