Ballinderry Moravian Church, Portmore Road, Lower Ballinderry, Lisburn, County Antrim, BT28 2BF

Symmetrical double height roughcast rendered Moravian Church, destroyed by fire and rebuilt c. 1835, located to the north side of Portmore Road, Lower Ballinderry. Rectangular on plan aligned north-south with attached two-storey former manse at north, also built c.1835 (HB19/01/032B). Roof is pitched natural slate with roughcast rendered, corbelled chimneystacks with four decorative pots (located at party wall with manse HB19/01/032B) and bell-cote at south gable. Rainwater goods are replacement metal on corbelled rendered eaves. Walling is roughcast rendered, principal south gable including porch is ruled-and-lined with stepped painted quoins and smooth rendered plinth. Windows are round-arched headed multi-paned timber framed sliding sash with painted projecting masonry sills. Principal gable faces south and is abutted at ground floor by single-storey entrance porch with pitched natural slate roof. Exposed walling comprises stepped painted quoins, and double string course. Entrance porch has pitched natural slate roof, scalloped timber bargeboard and finial; double vertically sheeted timber entrance door surrounded by a smooth rendered band; surmounted by leaded light oculus and downlight. Round-arched headed fixed window at east set in plain plastered reveal. West elevation contains three windows at right. North gable is abutted by three bay former manse of similar height (HB19/01/032B). East elevation contains three windows at left. Setting: The church is set on a narrow site which lies perpendicular to Portmore Road, Lower Ballinderry. The graveyard is located to the east side of the church, separated by a narrow gravel pathway and rubble stone wall and hedging. The graveyard west boundary wall is lined with mid-nineteenth century grave markers. The graveyard is partially enclosed at south by a roughcast rendered wall with stone coping and wrought-iron railings, remainder at east and north is enclosed by hedging. The church and associated car-parking can be accessed at east from Crumlin Road or from south entrance which comprises central wrought iron vehicular gate supported on square roughcast rendered piers with stone pyramidal caps flanked by plinth wall and diminished pier in similar style supporting replacement painted metal railings. Roof: Pitched natural slate Walling: Painted roughcast render Windows: Multi-paned timber framed sliding sash RWG: Replacement metal