Kilwarlin Moravian Hall, 49 Kilwarlin Road, Hillsborough, Co. Down, BT26 6DZ

Kilwarlin Moravian Hall is a double-height single-storey rendered church hall built c.1835, set within the landscaped grounds of the Kilwarlin Moravian complex on the south side of Kilwarlin Road near Hillsborough, County Down. It forms an integral part of a unique religious complex that includes the attached Kilwarlin Manse and Kilwarlin Moravian Church, and possesses group value with these buildings.

The hall is rectangular on plan, facing north, with a pitched natural slate roof finished with black clay ridge tiles and cast-iron guttering on timber fascia with cast-iron downpipes. The austere rendered façade with cement render and rendered plinth course is complementary to the wider complex. The north front elevation presents three square-headed windows in a single bay, each fitted with replacement 6/6 timber sash windows with ogee horns and plate glass on painted masonry sills. A square-headed door opening to the west end contains a flat-panelled timber door with bolection mouldings, rectangular overlight and stone step. The gabled east end elevation features a single off-centre square-headed door opening with vertically-sheeted double-leaf timber doors. The rear elevation contains two square-headed window openings matching those of the front, and a square-headed door with vertically-sheeted timber door. The rear is abutted by a gable-ended single-storey return and a flat-roofed single-storey extension, both with replacement timber casement windows on concrete sills. The building was extended c.2000, which nearly doubled its size.

Historical Records indicate that before 1834 the Moravian Church at Kilwarlin stood in ruins and served as a schoolhouse. In 1834, Rev. Basil Zula, a Greek Moravian minister, arrived at Kilwarlin and undertook reconstruction of the derelict church into a large interconnected building comprising a new chapel, manse, and a rear building forming the basis of the current church hall. Griffith's Valuation records list this building as "House, office, yard and garden," valued at £7. The hall was let to George McIleavy in 1864 and Catherine Pasche in 1878 by the ministers of Kilwarlin Moravian Church, but by 1889 it had fallen vacant. By 1903 the building was reoccupied by the incumbent ministers. In 1917 the building's designation changed to "Sunday School" and its value reduced to £5, with records indicating it was "used exclusively for religious purposes" under the control of the Trustees of Moravian Church. Ordnance Survey maps confirm a "Sunday school" designation from 1902–3, suggesting conversion occurred sometime after the 1889 vacancy, though the formal change was not recorded until 1917. The building's valuation remained unchanged until 1930. In 1987 the chapel underwent restoration, and in 1998 an extension was added to the church hall, improving its use as a community facility. The hall continues to serve as a Sunday school and is used for church functions including meetings of the Church Bowls Club, which has gathered there weekly.