Largy Presbyterian Church, Drumrane Road, Ballykelly, Co Londonderry, BT49

Largy Presbyterian Church is a substantial church building of plainest construction dating from 1831, sited close to the north-east side of Drumrane Road near Ballykelly. It now has an unusual L-shaped plan arrangement resulting from a mid-19th century extension whose gable stands almost contiguous with the road verge. Adjacent to the church lies a graveyard extending to the north and west.

The original building was a hall measuring 19½ metres by 10½ metres, begun in 1831. According to Ordnance Survey records, erection commenced in 1831 and was not completely finished by 1855, when the total cost had reached £300. The structure was funded by late Alexander Alexander, John Alexander, Sir Robert Bateson MP, Captain Theobald Jones MP, the congregation, and some who supplied labour. The Irish Society contributed £100 towards completion. The original construction details recorded that the extreme length was 64½ feet and extreme breadth 34½ feet, with walls 2 feet thick and side walls 14 feet high. The building was lighted by eight rectangular windows and was furnished initially with only a pulpit, with no pews yet built and the interior walls unplastered and undressed.

In 1861, following the 1859 Revival, a transept was added. This extension has semi-circular headed door and windows, contrasting with the tall square-headed windows of the older section.

The building is constructed of white rendered plaster with applied plaster quoin stones. Apart from the quoins there is little applied decoration. The mixture of round-headed and square-headed openings reflects its various phases of development. Windows and doors facing the road have thin plaster architraves with diminutive keystone detail.

In 1882 alterations and improvements were undertaken to plans and specifications by William Barber of London Street, Derry, with work under way by October of that year. A manse, now demolished, was erected in 1889. Further improvements were carried out around the 1980s, which have included a recently slated roof in asbestos with plain ridge tiles and overhang with wavy bargeboards. A new wing has been added to the east in similar utilitarian style, containing a minister's room, Sunday School, and toilets with additional entrances.

The building now has PVC gutters and downpipes, and haphazard overhead electricity supply cables. The church is no longer listed as of architectural or historical interest.