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The architects of this special\nchurch were Hegarty Masterson Doherty Architects, 12 Clarendon Street, Derry, BT\n48 7ET - below is a small list of their thoughts and restrictions when actually\ndesigning the church.<\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n


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The design of the new church in\nBallymagroarty has been dictated by the following:-

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1. The site, which is long, narrow, sloping and exposed on all four sides.<\/span><\/p>

2. Our client’s requirements, for\na church to seat 650 people; a parochial house for three priests and a housekeeper;\nand sacristies, committee rooms etc.<\/span><\/p>

3. The housing and commercial developments\nnewly built around the church site.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n\n\n


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The scheme that finally evolved\nconsists of two squares, connected by a short link corridor. The larger square is\nthe church; the smaller contains the parochial house, sacristies, committee rooms,\nparochial offices etc.<\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n


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Each building is clad in facing\nbricks, with pitched and slated roofs. The roof over the church rises to a highest\npoint over the sanctuary and is finished with a glass reinforced plastic fleche.\nThe roof over the parochial house rises to a central roof-light over a central staircase.<\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n


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The church is steel-framed, brick\npiers have been formed around the steel columns on the perimeter of the building.\nBetween these piers are located fourteen windows; each of which has as its centre-piece\na stained glass Station of the Cross by Desmond Kyne. The inside walls of the church\nare in facing brick; the floor is carpeted and the ceiling is finished in redwood.<\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n


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The parochial house is two-storeyed.\nThe accommodation for each priest is a flat consisting of a living-room, bedroom\nand bathroom.<\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n


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Car parking has been provided around\nthe church with the remainder of the site being landscaped and planted. To increase\ncar parking, a connection has been made between the church site and the adjoining\nsupermarket site.<\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n


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Hegarty Masterson Doherty Architects

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12 Clarendon Street, Derry, BT 48 7ET<\/span><\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>

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