Former Admiral Leslie Hall, 2 Millisle Road, Donaghadee, Co Down

The former Admiral Leslie Hall is a small rectangular gothic hall built of basalt rubble in 1872, originally constructed as a school and now in use as a church. It stands on a slight rise on the east side of Millisle Road near the junction with Manor Street, south of Donaghadee town centre.

The principal feature is the west-facing gable, which displays considerable architectural refinement. At its apex is a carved sandstone figure of an angel, with a moulded verge and crocketed pinnacle above. High in the gable is a stained glass rose window with sandstone label moulding and a carved angel figure at the apex. Directly below are two sets of twinned tall, narrow, pointed-arch windows with sandstone dressings and diamond leaded panes, likewise with label moulding. This window grouping is flanked by double buttresses with sandstone coping, with a lower central base buttress positioned below. Single, much shorter buttresses mark each gable edge. Above each of the double buttresses are carved sandstone shields with motto ribbons below. The entire gable rests on a chamfered base course of sandstone to ground level.

The south facade features a large two-level gabled projection that has been substantially enlarged in recent times. An entrance gable projects approximately 0.3 metres from the front of this wing, containing a pointed-arch doorway with sandstone architrave column jambs on square bases and label moulding with carved stops; the door is timber sheeted. This entrance gable has a battered base with sandstone courses (mirroring those of the main west gable), topped with a moulded verge and carved cross pinnacle. A diamond-shaped sandstone plaque near the gable apex records the date 1872. The south face of the larger projection is blank. The east face carries a small sash window with arch head and yellow brick dressings. To the left of the large projection, the main south facade displays two tall windows with distinctive curved heads (these heads follow an unusual curve that almost reaches a point rather than forming a true segmental arch), yellow brick dressings in an in-and-out pattern, and sash frames with margin panes containing late Victorian patterned and collared glass. These frames appear to be recent replacements, though they replicate the original style.

The north facade has four similar windows of the same type, with wall-edge buttresses. The roof is gabled with Bangor blue slates and sandstone parapets. The large southern projection has a roof of similar materials. This projection roof has been dramatically raised in fairly recent times (approximately 1992), during which process a former tall octagonal chimney was removed. Two small cast-iron skylights are positioned to the rear of the projection roof. Cast-iron rainwater goods are present throughout. The rear gable has a large, recent flat-roofed extension at lower level. Its upper half displays a grouping of three tall narrow windows in the same style as those elsewhere, the central window being considerably taller than the outer pair; these contain stained glass.

A rubble boundary wall extends to the north and west of the building. Wrought-iron gates to the front should be included in the listing.