Dundrod Presbyterian Church, Dundrod Road, Dundrod, County Antrim, BT29 4JN

A double-height symmetrical Presbyterian meeting-house, dated 1827 and located west of Dundrod Road, Dundrod. Square on plan with single-storey modern extension to rear. Hipped natural slate roof with blue/black angled ridge tiles. Cast-iron half-round rainwater goods on projecting eaves. Walling is pebbled-dash render with smooth render plinth, quoins and platband between floors. Windows are replacement throughout; shallow elliptical-headed timber-framed lattice leaded stained glass, round-headed to principal elevation. The principal elevation faces east and is symmetrically arranged with three openings to each floor. Central entrance comprises double-leaf five panelled timber door with leaded glass fanlight, set into painted masonry segmental-headed door surround with fluted pilasters and moulded archivolt. Plaster datestone in moulded surround located above door reads: 'Presbyterian Meeting House / Erected / A.D.1827' The south elevation is four windows wide to each floor. The west elevation has a large leaded and stained glass oculus to left and right at first floor (not original). Single-storey modern extension to ground floor. The north elevation is four windows wide to each floor. Setting: Positioned at the centre of a square site in a rural location to the west of Dundrod Road, adjacent to a crossroads. Surrounding graveyard with headstones dating from the early 19th century. Curved entrance wall with tall gate piers, rendered, and cast-iron gate to east; enclosed by hedgerow to all sides. Roof: Hipped natural slate Walling: Pebbled dash over smooth render Windows: Variety of leaded stained glass RWG: Cast-iron