Ballycarry Presbyterian Church, Hillhead Road, Ballycarry, Larne, Co Antrim is a listed building in the Mid and East Antrim local planning authority area, Northern Ireland.

Ballycarry Presbyterian Church, Hillhead Road, Ballycarry, Larne, Co Antrim

WRENN ID
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Grade
Local Planning Authority
Mid and East Antrim
Constituency
East Antrim MP: Sammy Wilson (DUP)
Country
Northern Ireland
Irish grid reference
J 445 945
Coordinates
54.77839, -5.75451
Source
NI Environment Agency listing

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Description

Ballycarry Presbyterian Church is a church of early 19th-century origin, constructed around 1830. It retains some original features, though significant later alterations have reduced its standing as a late Georgian example.

The church is rectangular, with rendered walls and a gabled slate roof. A gabled porch provides access, featuring an entrance set within a panelled surround of pilasters, a cornice, and bracket details supporting a plain pediment slightly raised from the wall. A frieze inscribed with the date MDCCCXXX (1830) is visible. An eaves cornice along the sides continues under the front gable as a corbel table. Floriated details have been added to the apex of both the porch and the main church gables, characteristic of later 19th-century work. Windows are set within semi-circular headed openings.

The church is situated facing the main road through the village, within a rural location. The main entrance is set back slightly from the road, preceded by a gatescreen and railings made of scrolling wrought ironwork with ornamental cast iron posts.

The building appears on an Ordnance Survey map from 1831. Constructed in 1830 at a cost of £600, raised by subscription, it was initially described as a "very neat, plain edifice" comfortably fitted out internally, measuring 66 feet long by 20 feet wide and accommodating 300 people. In 1931, an extensive renovation occurred under the direction of William Calwell, an architect and member of the congregation. This involved the installation of new windows, a new floor, and a pipe organ, and the removal of two side galleries.

Local climate

Ballycarry Presbyterian Church, Hillhead Road, Ballycarry, Larne, Co Antrim sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,090 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 87% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 88% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 5 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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