St. Colmans R C Church, 17 Monteith Road, Tullintanvally, Banbridge, Co Down, BT32 5AQ

A double-height Gothic-style hall and tower Roman Catholic Church with tower, built c.1840; rectangular plan, three stage tower to east, 2-storey extension to west, porch and confessional projected to the north. Located adjacent to the junction of Monteith Road and Millvale Road, approximately 3 miles south east of Banbridge. Pitched natural slate roof with clay ridge tiles; cast-iron half-round gutters on metal brackets. Random rubble masonry walling built to courses with snecking with cement strap pointing; granite quoins to the main body of the church; tower has string course, stepped crenallated parapets with pointed plain dressed granite pinnacles. Pointed-arch windows with painted stone surrounds punctuated by blocks; brick voussoirs; painted masonry cills. Pointed-arch doorway with plain surrounds; brick voussoirs; replacement timber panelled doors. The principal gable faces east and is symmetrically arranged. Centrally located symmetrical three-stage tower flanked by windows to gable end. Entrance door located on the north elevation of the tower; south entrance blocked up. The east elevation has a single window at ground floor level rising to string course; second stage; square headed timber louvered openings with brick surrounds, label moulding and brick elliptical relieving arch over, rising to string course; third stage pointed-arched timber louvered opening with brick voussoirs and hood-mouldings, rear elevation is blank, rising to string course; Irish crenallated parapet with pinnacles. The south elevation is symmetrically arranged; four windows wide. Door located between left windows blocked. The rear gable is blank; ruled-and-lined rendered; surmounted by a gable cross. Largely abutted by a two-storey diminished in scale cement rendered extension; crow-stepped gable with pinnacles as church; symmetrical casement uPVC windows to the west gable. The south cheek is abutted by a single-storey lean-to boiler room. The north cheek is exposed coursed random rubble masonry; single door to the ground floor left with uPVC window having brick surrounds centrally located at the first floor. The north elevation matches the south. Porch left of centre; rubble masonry walling with rendered upper portion; leaded pitched roof and Tudor-arched opening. Blank half-octagonal confessional projection with hipped leaded roof with circular roof light. Setting: Rural setting bounded largely by rubble masonry walls and dressed granite piers with replacement gates. Two-storey three-bay parochial house adjacent to the north. Graveyard to the south bounded by hedges. Car parking adjacent the north elevation. Roofing: Natural slate Walling: Rubble masonry coursed and snecked Windows: Stained glass RWG: Cast-iron