Glascar Presbyterian Church, Glascar Road, Glaskermore, Banbridge, Co Down, BT32 5DT

A simple double height Presbyterian Church, five windows wide, dated 1814 with later added tower erected 1939. Rectangular plan form with rear return and side porches. Located approximately 2 miles north east of Rathfriland. Pitched natural slate roof with clay ridge tiles; roof vents; masonry skews; replacement uPVC rainwater goods. Painted roughcast walling. Replacement timber framed Y-tracery pointed-arch windows; painted masonry cills. Modern timber sheeted double-leaf entrance doors to single-storey gable-ended porches added c.1855. The principal elevation faces north east and is symmetrically arranged. Centrally positioned two-stage square-plan bell-tower with parapet and leaded pyramidal roof; upper portion smooth rendered; front elevation comprises single window at lower level with paired timber louvered pointed arch openings; the left and right cheeks comprise single timber louvered openings at the upper levels. The tower is flanked either side by two windows. The left gable has ground floor porch to right of centre; first floor door left of centre accessed by modern galvanised steps. Smooth rendered gable head. The rear elevation is asymmetrically arranged; all windows are replacement casements. Centrally positioned gable-ended rear return with kneelers; matching eaves and lower ridge level; chimney located over the apex; single ground floor window to the left of the left cheek; single first floor window left of centre to the gable, further abutted by a single-storey gable-ended store; door to the right cheek, single window to the gable and left cheek; the left cheek of the return comprises double leaf timber panelled door to the right and a single window to the left at first floor. Either side of the return are two windows to the ground and gallery level. The right gable is blank; abutted by a porch located left of centre. Setting Rural Setting; the northeast of the site is bounded by a wrought-iron railing with associated gates fixed to decorative cast-iron piers; further to the left are rubble masonry walls with soldier coping. Right of the gates is the former National School(HB17/08/025); further to the right is an earlier school building associated with Patrick Brontë, now functioning as the church hall and caretakers houses respectively. To the south and south-east are the burial grounds. Hedgerows bound the remaining sides. Roofing: Natural slate Walling: Roughcast Windows: Timber RWG: uPVC replacement