Hillsborough Presbyterian Church, Lisburn Street, Hillsborough, County Down

Free-standing double-height neo-classical rendered church, built in 1885. Rectangular on plan set on a north-south axis with a modern flat-roofed entrance porch to the north elevation, built c.1990. Set on an elevated site on the east side of Lisburn Street with its south rear elevation fronting onto Meeting Street. Hipped natural slate roof with black clay ridge tiles, gabled to the north end (narthex) with a central octagonal copper lantern and a rendered profiled chimneystack to the northwest. Ogee-moulded cast-iron guttering on iron brackets to moulded eaves and cast-iron downpipes. Painted ruled and lined cement rendered walling with rendered plinth course, rusticated rendered pilasters to the narthex and corners and continuous impost and sill courses. Double-height round-headed window openings with moulded architrave surrounds, keystones, impost blocks and sill corbels having timber-framed leaded stained glass windows by Clokey, Belfast. Principal west nave elevation is four windows wide. North entrance elevation is abutted by a flat-roofed rendered entrance porch, built c.1990. A shallow breakfront is surmounted by a pediment defined by four rusticated render pilasters flanking five square blind panels to the upper level. East nave elevation as per west elevation and abutted to the south end by a flat-roofed porch connecting the church to the 1960s block. South elevation fronts onto Meeting Street and has pair of blind bays detailed as per window openings. Setting: Set on an elevated site to the east of Lisburn Street with a large front lawn and bitmac drive enclosed to the street by decorative cast-iron railing on basalt ashlar plinth wall having matching pedestrian gate and swept to a pair of decorative basalt ashlar piers supporting matching iron gates. 1960s single-storey building to the east, single-storey redbrick former school (dated 1914) with timber sash windows to the east and further double-height rendered hall, built in 1973 further east with extensive bitmac parking area. Roof Natural slate RWG Cast-iron Walling Ruled and lined render Windows Leaded stained glass