PICTURES: This Kilkenny church has been converted into a dream home

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The Old Church at White's Castle, Knocktopher, Co. Kilkenny is a landmark building which was converted to a private residence in the early 1990s.

In the Belfry, there is a large bronze bell (200 years old) engraved with the names of the donors and the founder, a piece of history/heritage, still in use.

The living room is decorated with a large fresco which is a signed work.

Almost all windows are lined on the outside with protective glass to ensure security and thermal insulation.

Sir Robert Langrishe granted the site for the Church of Ireland Church on the 25th October 1828. It was part of the lands of White's Castle.

Its measurements at the time was one rood and 26 perches. The Church was built by a loan from the Board of First Fruits, at a cost of £1,107 and 13 shillings and 10 and a quarter pence. It was consecrated on the 7th November 1829. It was accidentally burned and rebuilt in 1912.

The architect was J F Fuller. Prior to the building of Knocktopher Church in 1828, the Old Abbey Church of Knocktopher which is opposite the Carmelite Church now in ruin, was used by the Church of Ireland for Protestant worship from the Reformation until 1828. The Church was dedicated to St David. The Parish of Knocktopher was added to St Peters Ennisnag in 1942.