First Holywood Presbyterian Church, 7 Bangor Road, Holywood, Co Down, BT18 0NU

A double-height Presbyterian church with tower, built c. 1840, located on the south side of Bangor Road, Holywood. T- shaped on plan with three-stage entrance tower to north and substantial extensions to rear and west side. Pitched natural slate roof with painted masonry raised skews. Half-round cast-iron rainwater goods on projecting eaves course, supported on wrought-iron drive-through brackets with cast-iron down-pipes. Walling is random rubble with slightly projecting masonry plinth. Windows are timber framed pointed head, with Gothic-style decorative tracery and painted ashlar surrounds with hood moulding. The principal elevation faces north and is dominated by a three-stage slightly projecting entrance tower with castellated parapet and gableted pinnacles, framed by semi-engaged octagonal piers. The ground floor entrance consists of a pointed arched opening set in painted ashlar surround accessed by five stone steps. Door is replacement oak framed with glazed panels, surmounted by multi-pane transom lights. Diagonal buttresses with rendered offsets and topped by painted masonry pinnacles. Second stage has a window with inter-locking Y-tracery below a string course. Third stage has window openings to all sides, with the exception of that to south which contains brick infill. The east and west elevations are each four windows wide, containing leaded windows with stained glass panels and interlocking Y-tracery on the projecting gables. The remaining have cusped timber tracery and the windows to the north are narrower. Both elevations are punctuated by buttresses with rendered offsets and topped by painted masonry pinnacles. The east elevation is abutted by two small stone lean-tos with felt roof. The rear is obscured by an extension added in the 1990s and the west is abutted by a large extension added in 2004. Setting Prominently located to the east of Holywood town centre and across from the old Priory church (HB 23/20/001); curved stone boundary wall to front and east. Roof: Natural slate Walling: Random rubble Windows: Timber Rainwater Goods: cast-iron