Tirwinny Methodist Church and Former Stable, Tirwinny, Lack, Co. Fermanagh

This is a small, plain, rural Methodist church and former stable, located in a pleasant setting near a country crossroads in the Tirwinny townland, County Fermanagh. The church’s construction date is recorded as 1870 on a plaque, although the building itself likely dates from between 1860 and 1879. It represents a rare survival of a small, undecorated, non-conformist church, exhibiting plain, honest worship practices of the 19th century.

The church is unusually small, described as barn-like in form and possessing a small porch. It features a gable facing South-East, which incorporates a small chimney that formerly served a stove. The walls are rendered and painted, except for the rear (North-West) wall. Both the main roof and the porch roof are double-pitched and covered with Bangor blue slates. The windows are timber, all featuring Y-tracery, and are painted. There is a single entrance door with a shallow pointed arch, fitted with a TVG boarding door leaf. A small lean-to extends from the North-West gable.

Adjacent to the church is a former stone stable, distinguished by large, dressed quoins and a double-pitched roof of corrugated metal. An integral graveyard is also present. The church sits in an unspoiled, rolling drumlin landscape, with small fields divided by hedges containing mature trees, currently free from other buildings. The interior is notable for its lack of decoration, with only pews and a rail separating the dias from the congregation exhibiting any detailing. The church, along with the former stable, are included in this listing.