1865
Arless
churches
Co. Laois
Pugin & Ashlin
Random Building
1850 – Former Bank of Ireland, Church St., Portlaoise, Co. Laois
1865 – Church of the Sacred Heart, Arless, Co. Laois
Architect: Pugin & Ashlin
Fine gothic exterior with spire on an elevated site makes Pugin & Ashlin’s church at Arless a landmark in the local landscape. The interior has some original fittings, with more modern woodwork, not always sympathetic. The interior had a gallery inserted in the 1970s.
Photograph courtesy, and copyright of Keith J. Allen.
