Urney Presbyterian Church, 68 Bellspark Road, Somervillestown, Strabane, Co Tyrone, BT82 9QX

Detached Presbyterian Church, built c.1750, located to the south side of Bellspark Road, Strabane. T-shaped plan facing north with chancel to east and minister’s room at south. Roofs are fibre cement asbestos slated, blue/black clay ridge tiles; flat stone verges; cast-iron profile rainwater goods; walls are roughcast rendered partially projecting roughcast rendered plinth at south (remains of previous structure before renovation); smooth rendered pilasters with base at corners; smooth rendered eaves band and projecting plinth. Replacement windows are pointed-arched-headed leaded stained glass windows with narrow margin lights within pointed-arched-headed moulded architraves and projecting stone cills, unless otherwise stated. Principal faced north and is centrally abutted by double height transept; exposed section contains window at each side. Left (east) gable contains chancel windows (larger) with leaded stained glass and margin lights. South (nave) elevation is abutted by single-storey minister’s room off-centre to left; exposed section at right contains two windows; single window at left. (All windows on rear elevation do not have moulded architrave.) Right (west) gable is detailed as left (east) gable. North transept is detailed as main block and contains principal entrance doors at north; single window at each cheek. Entrance comprises replacement square-headed double-leaf herringbone timber sheeted doors within pointed-arched-headed opening with chamfered moulded architrave and fixed masonry date-panel above, reading; ‘AD. 1654.’ Entrance accessed by concrete steps at left and ramp at right, both with replacement cast-metal handrail. Single-storey minister’s room has pitched fibre cement tiled roof; blue/black clay ridge tiles and plain timber bargeboard; walls are roughcast rendered and windows are replacement timber casements with masonry cills. South gable is abutted by single-storey lean-to extension; left cheek contains vertically sheeted timber door; right cheek contains single window. Extension contains vertically sheeted timber door at west; other elevations are blank. The church is set back from the road with gravel forecourt and car park to south; national school built c.1850, located within the church boundary to the east of the church. Access from the road is via square plan roughcast rendered piers and plinth walls with segmental coping. A secondary vehicular entrance and pedestrian access is located to the north of the church; (the vehicular access now has steps due to new road levels); both contain cast-iron gates supported on roughcast rendered piers with pyramidal caps; remainder of site bound by roughcast rendered walling with segmental coping. Roof Fibre cement tile Walling Roughcast render Windows Pointed-arched-headed leaded stained glass windows with narrow margin lights, architraves and projecting stone cills RWG Cast-iron