Church Of St. Patrick And St. Brigid, Garron Road, Milltown, Co.Antrim

Free-standing gable-fronted seven-bay double-height stone Gothic Revival Roman Catholic church, erected c.1917, to the designs of W.J. Moore. Rectangular on plan facing southwest with apsidal chancel to rear and vestry block to the south east corner. Pitched natural slate roof with roll-moulded terracotta ridge tiles set behind slightly raised front gable with sandstone coping and gableted kneeler stones. Replacement cast-iron guttering to chamfered ashlar eaves course and cast-iron downpipes. Uncoursed rock-faced red sandstone ashlar walling with pale sandstone dressings including; chamfered trim to projecting stone plinth course and offsets to stepped buttresses. Round-headed window openings formed in chamfered smooth sandstone ashlar with flush splayed sills and steel-framed windows with Art Nouveau leaded coloured glazing and storm glazing. Gable-fronted southwest front elevation surmounted by gabled bellcote having cross finial and metal bell set within round-headed arch. Tripartite front elevation defined by stepped buttresses having a rose window to the centre and projecting gabled entrance porches to either side. Large pale sandstone rose window with leaded coloured glazing and storm glazing set within an arched recess having three decoratively carved sandstone square panels below. Triple-arched window opening at ground floor level with leaded coloured glass windows. The entrance porches comprise a chamfered round-headed door opening with replacement vertically-sheeted hardwood doors, sandstone coping surmounted by cross finial. The doors open onto stone platform and step with steel handrails to front area. Northwest nave elevation is six windows wide with a further vestibule bay to the right. The vestibule bay has a full-height round-headed recess with a circular pale sandstone panel and sandstone dressed loophole window below. Gabled rear elevation filled with slightly lower semi-circular chancel having semi-conical roof and three elevated round-headed window openings with leaded stained glazing. Southeast nave elevation as per northwest nave elevation with a diminutive single-bay single-storey vestry block attached to the south east corner having pitched natural slate roof and chimneystack and square-headed door and window openings with chamfered sandstone lintels, single-pane timber sash windows and sheeted timber door. Setting: Located on a slightly elevated small sloping site on the south side of Garron Road enclosed by low rendered wall and steel gates hung on square rendered piers. Roof Natural slate RWG Cast-iron Walling Uncoursed rock-faced red sandstone ashlar Windows Steel-frame, leaded coloured glass or stained glass