First Comber Presbyterian Church hall, High Street, Comber, Co. Down, BT23 5HL

First Comber Presbyterian Church Hall is a single storey gabled building situated to the rear of First Comber Presbyterian Church on the north-west side of High Street in Comber. Originally constructed in 1841 as a National School, it has been substantially extended and modified over time and now serves as part of the church hall complex.

The original building is a small rectangular structure with a Classical style gable, constructed in sandstone. The south-west facing gable is the principal elevation. At its centre is a blocked doorway with a surviving door surround consisting of a simple moulded border with pediment. Flanking this former entrance are two tall semicircular-headed windows with Georgian paned sash frames (6 over 6 with two panes to the arch). Plain pilasters frame these windows, with the panel between rendered. The gable is topped with a plain frieze and parapet with pediment. A date stone in the tympanum of the pediment, now badly worn, reads '1841'. The long north-east façade, which backs into a neighbouring property's garden, is constructed in sandstone rubble and contains two windows matching those of the gable. To the left is a window-like recess suggesting a former opening, whilst to the far right brick dressings indicate there may once have been a large roundel window. The north-west gable, largely obscured, is also in sandstone rubble with a smaller window. The gabled roof is covered in natural slate with PVC rainwater goods.

An extension was added to the south-west side around 1869, largely financed by William Simms of Belfast. This section is finished in lined and painted render with three windows matching those of the original gable. Between the first and second windows is a projecting foundation stone bearing raised letters, now badly worn, which appear to read 'Erected 186[?9], Rev. I.M. Killen D.D., Pastor'. A further large, more modern-looking extension was added to the far south-west around the 1950s and subsequently refurbished and extended in 1998. The current entrance is on the south-west side where there is a doorway with modern panelled and glazed double doors, flanked by a small modern window with modern frame.

The building's history reflects the development of education in Comber. The National School was founded in 1831 with original premises to the west of the neighbouring Presbyterian church. The present building superseded these when constructed in 1841. The school closed in 1938 following the construction of a larger primary school off Darragh Road. First Comber Presbyterian Church then took over the premises for use as a hall and offices.