St John's Cathedral

Freestanding double-height Church of Ireland cathedral, built 1784, with four-bay nave elevations, pedimented aedicular entrance projection to front with three-stage spired clock steeple above added 1812, and bowed chancel.

This cathedral replaced the ancient cathedral on the Rock of Cashel and the medieval parish church of the town to become one of two Anglican cathedrals built in Ireland or Britain in the eighteenth century, the other being at Waterford. 

Its Georgian style is evidenced by the regular form, hipped roof and round-headed openings and by the incorporation of Classical elements such as the aedicule, pediment, pilasters. There is evidence of fine stone crafting throughout the building. 

The spire was added by Vitruvius Morrison in 1812, the chancel was remodelled in a gilded elaborate Italian Romanesque style by William Atkins and the organ is by Samuel Green. 

It forms a group with the library, gates and gate lodge and due especially to the tall spire, is an imposing feature on the Cashel urban landscape