Moneyreagh Non-Subscribing Presbyterian Church, 50 Church Road, Moneyreagh, County Down, BT23 6BA

A non-subscribing Presbyterian church hall T-shaped in plan with entrances to north, east and south, built c.1770 and located east of Church Road in the village of Moneyreagh. The roof is pitched with natural slate, blue/black angled ridge tiles and raised stone verges. Walling is painted roughcast render with plinth and quoins; projecting string course at sill and lintel level. Cast-iron ogee rainwater goods on projecting eaves. Windows are mainly replacement round-headed uPVC type. A number of leaded stained glass or clear glass casements have also been replaced. The Majority of windows have projecting masonry sills, label stops and moulded keyblocks (two leaded-and-stained glass windows to west wall are early). The principal elevation faces east and comprises a gabled vestibule with central entrance door surmounted by a tripartite leaded-and-stained glass square-headed window. Replacement six-panelled timber entrance door in a moulded surround, having segmental-headed transom light and decorative carvings to spandrels; flanked by panelled pilasters surmounted by corniced canopy on scrolled console brackets. The exposed north and south elevations have a replacement uPVC window. The south elevation comprises a gabled vestibule with central entrance (as at east elevation) surmounted by paired round-headed (uPVC replacement) windows with dividing panelled pilasters surmounted by label mould with keystone. The exposed east elevation has a replacement uPVC window. The west elevation is six round-headed windows wide; leaded-and-stained glass casements to centre are slenderer; uPVC replacements to left and right. To centre is (a working) numbered clock face in moulded masonry surround. Below is a stone panel in moulded surround reading “This house was built in 1770 by the Revd James Makain Minister”. The north elevation is a mirror of the south elevation with carved roundel above window; exposed east elevation with replacement uPVC window. Setting: Set to the east side of Church Road, in the centre of the village, with cemetery having tombs dating from the early nineteenth-century to east and south. Cemetery bounded to north by rubble stone wall. To front are two large neoclassical-style tombs enclosed by decorative railings. Bounded to road and to North by low rough-cast render wall with coping stones surmounted by metal railing. Square rendered gate piers with pointed caps and original metal gates. Three-bay two-storey manse (HB25/02/006) and national school (HB25/02/004) to north. To northeast is a small church hall, later in date than the church, but similarly styled. The hall has a modern extension to east. Roof: Pitched natural slate Walling: Painted roughcast render Windows: Replacement uPVC and leaded-and-stained glass casements RWG: Aluminium