Ringsend Presbyterian Church, Aghadowey, Coleraine, Co. Londonderry, BT51

A simple barn Presbyterian church with gabled porch, much modernised with large extension; built c.1835 and extended 1897; located to the west side of Cashel Road southeast of Coleraine. Rectangular plan with modern porch to front, gabled extension with lean-to abutment to north and adjoining modern church hall to south. Pitched natural slate roof with cast-iron ogee rainwater goods on bracketted eaves. Walling is dry dash on a smooth rendered plinth. Replacement pointed-headed Y-tracery timber windows in cement rendered surrounds with projecting concrete sills; original leaded-and-stained glass windows to south only (boarded). The principal elevation faces east is lit by three window and has projecting gabled bay at left, having date stone to apex inscribed “R.J.O MOORE/PASTOR/A.D. 1897” and window at right cheek; gable is abutted by the almost full height modern entrance porch. The south gable has four boarded windows (inner openings are taller). The west elevation is four windows wide. The north gable is abutted to centre by the gabled extension (lower); opening to left cheek with a modern panelled timber door accessed by three steps; lean-to abutment at right is flush with gable; both are similarly styled as the main church. Setting: Situated on a rectangular plot in rural surroundings to the west side of Cashel Road. Set back from the road with graveyard to front, having a variety of headstones dating from the mid-nineteenth century. Bounded to road by a rockfaced stone wall with sandstone coping, ending in modern pebbledash and rendered square gate piers supporting cast-iron entrance gates. To rear is a graveyard with modern day headstones, bounded to surrounding farmland by pebbledash wall. Modern church hall to south and tarmacadamed car-park opposite, to east side of Cashel Road. Roof: Natural slate Walling: Dry dash Windows: Leaded-and-stained glass or replacement timber Y-tracery RWG: Cast-iron