Ballygowan Presbyterian Church, Church Hill, Ballygowan, Newtownards, Co. Down, BT23 6JA

Ballygowan Presbyterian Church is a large, relatively plain two storey gabled Presbyterian church built in 1838, situated to the northeast of Church Hill road in Ballygowan, Newtownards, County Down.

The front southwest gable features two doorways with timber panelled double doors, each encased with panelled pilasters with curved brackets supporting a lintel frieze and cornice. At a higher level in the centre is a semicircular arch-headed window with stained glass, archivolt and corbelled cill. Directly above this in the tympanum is an inscribed panel with corbels, cornice and blocking course reading 'Trinity Presbyterian Church 1838 Rev. J. Gamble Minister'. The gable has an eaves course and is topped with a small bellcote with semicircular pediment, now partly damaged.

The main southeast and northwest facades are largely identical. On the ground floor of each are five flat arch windows with moulded lintel and keystone, now with modern concrete cills. The first floor contains five taller semicircular arch-headed windows with moulded archivolt, keystone and springing course, also with modern concrete cills. The entire façade is finished in lined cement render with chamfered quoins and base. Eaves course runs throughout. The roof is covered in Bangor blue slates with red clay ridge tiles to the main building, some with hounds teeth detailing. Rendered parapets are present. Cast iron rainwater goods complete the exterior.

A large two storey gabled extension containing offices, session room and Sunday school was added to the rear circa 1962, with a further extension added circa 1993. This rear portion features large square windows with PVC frames. Window openings to the sides of the main church building were repaired in the early 1960s.

The Presbyterian congregation of Ballygowan was founded in or shortly before 1836. The site was acquired in 1837, having previously been used as a cockpit, and the church was opened in August 1838 by Dr. Henry Cooke. In circa 1919-1920, an organ was installed and a cloakroom and choir room were added to the rear. A major renovation took place in 1961-1962 when window openings were repaired and new cills installed, with the rear rooms largely rebuilt at this time. A new office extension was added circa 1993.

The graveyard lies to the south and west of the church, with headstones dating back to the 1840s. A large car park is located to the southeast.