Greenisland Presbyterian Church, 166 Upper Road, Greenisland, Carrickfergus, Co. Antrim, BT38 8RW

Attached single-cell double-height Presbyterian Church, dated 1940, and modern hall (c.2000) located to the west side of Upper Road. Rectangular nave with chancel to west and single-storey porch to east; square two-stage tower to south-east. Roof is pitched natural slate behind parapet, flat roof to porch and tower; chimneystack to west. Walling is Flemish bonded red brick with V-shaped buttresses between windows. Windows are replacement uPVC square-headed casements with aluminium sills. Principal elevation faces east. Gable-end of nave comprises, at upper level, three-order rebated opening with soldier-coursed head, containing large window surmounted by four brick relief motifs. Ground floor is abutted by porch containing three windows at centre; canted entrance bay at right comprises rebated opening with brick voussoirs containing modern double-leaf timber doors with glazed lights. Porch abutted at left by square tower with corner buttresses; three-order rebated opening with chamfered sandstone lintel surmounted by sandstone bas relief panel (burning bush motif, dated 1940); entrance door as before. Belfry stage of tower contains two narrow louvred openings. South elevation consists of five-bay nave (each bay separated by buttresses); pair of windows to each of the three central bays. Right bay contains drainage opening at parapet level. Abutted at right by tower containing window at ground and first floor and three narrow louvred openings at belfry stage; tower abutted at left by double-height return containing two windows at ground floor and single window at first floor. West elevation is abutted by canted chancel with further canted projection. Abutted at ground floor by hall. North elevation is detailed as south. Abutted at right by single-storey link block to hall. Abutted at left by porch containing pair of windows to west. North elevation of tower contains three louvered openings at Belfry stage. Set within modern churchyard with attached hall to west, constructed in the style of the church, of no interest. Accessed from Upper Road at east by entrance framed by square brick pillars with concrete coping and bounded by further brick pillars connected by steel chains. Roof: Natural slate Walling: Flemish bonded red brick Windows: Replacement uPVC square-headed casement windows with aluminium sills RWG: Cast-iron half-round gutters and round downpipes