St Patrick's Church of Ireland, Victoria Avenue, Whitehead, Carrickfergus, Co Antrim, BT38 9QF

Detached double-height Gothic Revival Church of Ireland church, built 1908 to designs of Hill and Taggart, located to the west side of Victoria Avenue. Church is cruciform on plan, consisting of central nave, aisles and transepts to east and west, chancel to north and square tower to south-east. Roofs are pitched and natural slated, hipped to aisles; simple stone verges on corbelled kneelers, cross finial to north gable, clay ridge tiles. Walls are squared-and-snecked rockfaced basalt with sandstone dressings; diagonal buttresses with offsets to corners. Windows are pointed-arched-headed in stepped sandstone surrounds containing leaded stained glass. Principal elevation faces east and consists of two-window wide nave to centre, (each window separated by buttresses); abutted at right by gabled transept containing single window with panel tracery; pointed-arched-headed chamfered sandstone opening containing vertically timber sheeted double-leaf doors to south. Abutted at left by three-stage square tower; single window at ground floor, surmounted by pair of pointed-arched-headed louvred openings; final stage consists of parapet with pointed-arched-headed recessed panels; finials to corners and octagonal stone spire with lucarnes; pointed-arched-headed chamfered rebated sandstone opening containing vertically timber sheeted double-leaf doors to north. South gable is abutted by double-height projection at centre containing single window with panel tracery surmounted by string course and loop window above to apex. Abutted at left and right by aisles, each containing a single window. Further abutted at right by tower containing single narrow window at ground floor; upper stages detailed as principal elevation. West elevation consists of three-window wide nave (each window separated by buttresses); abutted at left by gabled transept containing single window with panel tracery, and double-height vestry surmounted by gabled parapet. North gable is abutted by double-height chancel at centre containing single window with panel tracery surmounted by string course and loop window above to apex. Abutted at left by east transept containing single window, and at right by west transept. Set within churchyard in a restricted site with original and modern halls to the west. To east, site is accessed via seven stone steps and modern ramp from Victoria Avenue through double steel gates and secondary pedestrian gates to left and right, supported on modern square rendered pillars. Boundary wall to east and south is surmounted by modern railings. Roof: Natural slate Walling: Rockfaced squared-and-snecked basalt Windows: Pointed-arched-headed leaded stained glass RWG: Cast-iron ogee gutters and square downpipes