Christ Church, Church Road, Lisnasliggan, Banbridge, Co Down, BT32 5AU

A single cell Gothic style Church of Ireland church dated 1860; rectangular plan form with abutting porch and vestry. Located at the corner of a sharp bend in Church Road north of the Village Annaclone, opposite the listed former manse (HB17/08/007B). Pitched natural slate roof with clay ridge tiles; ogee moulded cast-iron rainwater goods supported on moulded masonry eaves brackets. Squared uncoursed masonry walling; battered base; tooled sandstone quoins. Sandstone coping, kneelers and moulded gable shoulders. Pointed-arched cast-iron lattice lights with margins; rubble voussoirs over; chamfered long-and-short jambs and cills. Pointed-arched timber sheeted door with studs and wrought-iron strap hinges, set into chamfered long-and-short sandstone surround. The principal elevation faces south and is asymmetrically arranged having three equally spaced windows and gabled porch to the left; diminished in scale windows to either cheek; storage to the left via masonry steps accessing segmental arched diminutive door under the porch. The left gable is symmetrically arranged comprising two tall lancet arched windows with a oculus centrally positioned in the gable head. The gable is surmounted by an ashlar bell-cote, with bell. The north elevation is asymmetrically arranged. Three windows to the left. Single –storey lean-to vestry to the left comprising single diminished-in-scale windows to the front and left; right cheek comprises timber sheeted square-headed door with wrought-iron ironmongery, long-and-short sandstone surrounds with corbelled lintel. The right gable is symmetrically arranged comprising a single tall lancet-arched window flanked by two slightly smaller windows. (All windows uPVC). Apex stone with gablets. Setting Sloping site in rural setting; bounded to the east, south and west by hedgerows and wire fencing to the north. Pedestrian access to the north is via a wrought-iron gate with cast-iron piers. The vehicular access to the east is via wrought-iron gates with castings fixed to chamfer-stopped masonry rendered piers surmounted by moulded and pyramidal caps. Burial grounds within the site to the north and east. Terraced landscape to the south; masonry steps making up the change in level adjacent to the principal entrance. Yew-tree lined gravel driveway to the south. Roofing: Natural slate Walling: stone Windows: metal RWG: Cast-iron