Presbyterian Church, Great James Street, Londonderry, County Londonderry

Three-bay two-storey over-basement Classical-style church with sandstone facade within church yard on Great James Street. Built 1837. Interior re-modelled 1863. Located at the junction of Great James Street and Queen Street the church was one of the first buildings to be constructed during the Victorian expansion of the city. Set back behind ashlar Barony Glen sandstone boundary plinth wall with segmental capping stone, pillars and wrought-iron decorative gates and railings. Principal elevation faces north, with projecting tetrastyle Ionic portico and pediment supported by four Corinthian fluted columns with responding pilasters. Facade is ashlar Barony Glen sandstone with Giffnock sandstone dressings and carved details. Central double doorway with fanlight and keystone arch, with date stone above. Large pedimented window to each side-bay flanked by pilasters with Corinthian capital. The portico is approached by a broad flight of steps flanked each side by large stone scrolls following the rake of the steps. Modern arched door and side-lights to either side of steps at lower ground level. East and west elevations with symmetrical fenestration. Both are five-bay two-storey over-basement cement rendered facades with segmental headed windows to basement and ground floors, and round-headed windows to upper floor. Modern extension to south-end of east elevation incorporating stairwell and passenger lift. South elevation comprises blank rendered gable with chimney to main church and rendered toothed quoins; cat-slide roof to west also having smooth rendered walling, lined and segmental arched opening to 1st floor level. Two-storey hipped roof extension is cement rendered, rough-cast, with round-headed windows to upper level facing east and west and small round-arched window to lower level. Extension abutted at both sides with lower flat roofed additions, square headed double door opening to the east side and stepped down at two intervals to the west. Hipped slate roof over main hall with two large and one small copper ventilation cowl mid-ridge. Clay ridge tiles and rendered chimney-stack to south with seven clay pots. Cast-iron rain water goods throughout. Setting: Materials: Roof : Natural Slate RWG : Cast Iron Walling: Sandstone Windows : Timber Sliding Sash, with fixed and casement windows to south extensions.