Leap Church is a small Gothic Revival Anglican church located in Leap,

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. It was completed between 1810 and 1828. It is part of Ross Union of Parishes in the Diocese of Cork, Cloyne, and Ross.

History

Leap church was completed in either 1810, 1827, or 1828. It was built with a loan from the

Board of First Fruits The Board of First Fruits () was an institution of the Church of Ireland that was established in 1711 by Anne, Queen of Great Britain to build and improve churches and glebe houses in Ireland. This was funded from taxes collected on clerical inco ...

. The

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was added later in the 19th century. It is part of the Ross Union of Parishes, the rector of which is Christopher Peters.

Architecture

The building was designed by James Pain. An example of a typical First Fruits church, the building features a simple

nave The nave () is the central part of a church, stretching from the (normally western) main entrance or rear wall, to the transepts, or in a church without transepts, to the chancel. When a church contains side aisles, as in a basilica-typ ...

and a square tower.

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* * Architecture in Ireland Churches in the Diocese of Cork, Cloyne and Ross 19th-century Church of Ireland church buildings Gothic Revival church buildings in the Republic of Ireland 19th-century churches in the Republic of Ireland {{Ireland-church-stub