Tamlaght Finlagan Parish Church (C of I), Clooney Road, Ballykelly, Limavady, Co Londonderry BT49 9HS

A rubble stone built church having a three bay long nave with western tower and spire and an east chancel in Neo-gothic style.The building is faced with a pleasing rustic whinstone strongly articulated with buttresses including the clasping corner type. Walls terminate in crenellations with simple sandstone pinnacles to each buttress. The pitched roofs have natural slates. North aisle has been added with lean-to roof and pointed piers.Narrow lancets are trimmed with sandstone. Likewise the vestry added to the north side against the chancel wall. This has a shouldered door and pair of pointed lancets in gables. Three tall lancets with Y tracery punctuate the south wall with pointed hood mouldings. A large three light window with interesting tracery and hood moulding lights the east gable of the chancel. The pointed entrance door is placed in the south side of tower with tall pointed window in other walls. The three stage tower is marked at top of lower stage by a string course and marked at the next with a deep band of pointed blank arcading. Louvred oculii mark the belfry which ends in crenellations, with simple pinnacles at each corner. From the belfry springs a plain but pleasing octagonal spire in sandstone - specially to greet the eye of the edifying bishop, the Earl of Bristol, (1730-1803) on his way to Downhill. The church is handsomely sited on a slight rise on the northern edge of Ballykelly village and set back some 100 metres from the main road to Limavady. The church and graveyard is bound by a stone wall of average height of 1.5 metres, this wall is being rebuilt where it separates the ecclesiastical site from Shackleton Barracks. Around the perimeter of the graveyard mature trees form a sylvan setting. Note: Gage vault in graveyard is a separate listing see (HB02/10/009B).