Church of the Immaculate Conception (RC), New Road, Glenarm, Ballymena, Co Antrim, BT44 OAA

Simple single storey ‘Irish gothic’ RC church of 1875 by O’Neill & Byrne, in squared basalt with gabled side porch, bellcote, buttresses and sandstone dressed pointed openings. The church is set on the S side of the New Road, close to the coast at the SE end of the village of Glenarm. To the left of centre of the W elevation is the projecting gabled porch which has a double timber sheeted entrance door set within a pointed arch door opening with drip moulding with label stops. In-out dressings to the door and the quoins of the porch are in red [possibly Dumfries ] sandstone. To the centre of the N and S faces of the porch is a small gothic arched window. To the left of the porch is a tall pointed arch window while to the right there are three more, each with in-out dressings. Each corner of the main elevation has a shallow buttress. To the far right the W face of the chancel has two windows as before. The S gabled elevation (of the chancel) has three pointed arch windows, the central of which is taller. To the apex of the gable is a small stone finial fashioned as a Celtic cross. To the right side of the E elevation are five lancet windows as before. There are buttresses at each end of this elevation. To the left side the E face of the chancel is obscured by the lean-to vestry. The lean-to roof merges with the chancel roof, though the chancel roof has a much steeper pitch. The E face of the vestry has a large mullioned window to the left and a small window to the right; both are square headed. The N face has a square headed door opening. The S face has one centrally placed mullioned window. All windows and door openings have in-out sandstone dressings. The N gabled elevation has three small low level quatrefoil windows each with a pointed arch shaped dressing. Directly above are three tall pointed arch windows with that to centre taller. The gable is surmounted by a ‘gabled’ stone bellcote with battered sides. A small wrought iron finial sits on the apex of the bellcote. ‘Cocks Comb’ style fireclay ridges sit on each ridge. The roofs are all covered with natural slate and they all have stonecopings. Cast iron rw goods. Decorative cast iron railings sit on low stone base. The gates match the railings.