Orangefield Baptist Church, North Road, Belfast, County Antrim, BT5 6BH

Orangefield Baptist Church is a two-storey modernist church built in 1968 to designs by local architect Gordon McKnight. It is located at the corner of North Road and Orangefield Road in Belfast.

The church has an irregular plan form, featuring a central tower with an open belfry to the west, flanked by steeply pitched roof wings. A flat-roof two-storey extension projects from the north elevation, a flat-roof single-storey extension to the south, and a separate single-storey pitched roof hall abuts to the south. The main roof is of pitched clay tiles in an irregular shape, with low eaves to the west end rising higher to the east. uPVC ogee guttering discharges to circular downpipes.

The principal west elevation is symmetrical and features a tall central projecting tower topped by a short spire. The tower base contains a triangular pseudo-arch doorway with a double-leaf diagonal sheeted timber door flanked by glazed sidelights and overlights opening onto a single step. Small cross-shaped window openings with clear glazing appear at high level below the belfry. The tower is flanked by two steeply pitched wings, each with three tall narrow window openings with clear glazing. Rough cast rendered walling clads the structure throughout.

The north elevation consists of a splayed wall, double-height to the east end and sloped eaves dropping to the west. Five square windows with clear glazing punctuate this elevation. A double-height bay to the east contains four tall deeply recessed narrow windows to ground floor and a large paned window to high level. Immediately to the east is a two-storey outshot with rounded corners, raised parapet, and a triangular pseudo-arch doorway with double-leaf diagonal sheeted timber door flanked by glazed sidelights and overlights. A narrow single-storey connecting block links to the abutting single-storey hall, which is constructed from concrete panels with exposed aggregate and a shallow pitched asphalt roof. This hall has a continuous horizontal strip window at high level with uPVC casement windows.

The east elevation comprises the double-height rear elevation of the church with small cross-shaped windows at high level, the two-storey elevation of the flat-roofed outshot with two small rectangular and three narrow windows, and the single-storey hall elevation with its continuous high-level strip window.

The south elevation features the projecting pitched roof hall with continuous horizontal strip window at high level, connecting to a narrow single-storey block with a replacement uPVC window. The two-storey outshot to the main church has rounded corners and raised parapet with a ground-floor window and first-floor window having replacement uPVC casements. A double-height bay contains two tall deeply recessed narrow windows and a square-headed door opening with a double-leaf timber door and fanlight, with a large paned window to high level above. The main church wall is splayed with sloped eaves; it has three deeply recessed ground-floor windows and five square first-floor windows with clear glazing.

The church stands within its own grounds enclosed by plain metal railings to the west and north, with a hedge to the south and east. The site features lawned areas to the front and south, tarmaced parking to the north, and a narrow tiled pathway to the rear. Pedestrian gates provide access to the west, south, and east, with a driveway to the north.