R C Chapel, behind 104 Westland Road South, Cookstown, Co Tyrone

This is a small, rectangular, gable-fronted chapel located behind 104 Westland Road South, Cookstown, County Tyrone, within an extensive graveyard. Originally constructed between 1820 and 1839, it was substantially altered in 1983, resulting in a significant loss of original architectural detail and materials.

The building is roughcast and smooth rendered with a slate roof of Bangor blue slates laid in regular courses. The west elevation, facing the main road, features a smooth rendered plinth, a central recessed area, surrounds to the windows, and quoins to the extremities, and incorporates a modern circular datestone of 2003 surmounted by a finial. The windows are rectangular, of uPVC construction, with six fixed lights and two top-hung vents incorporating lozenge and quatrefoil patterns. The north gable has a continuous projecting surround to a triangular-headed window containing stained glass, surmounted by an ironwork cross finial. The east, or rear, elevation is largely blank, with two small lean-to projections; one containing a rectangular doorway. The south gable, which features the main entrance with a pair of doors in a simple surround, is of similar character. Rainwater goods are of uPVC.

The setting includes a rough, grassy burial ground with concrete flagged and loose gravel paths, marked by 19th and 20th century headstones. A former school building stood at the roadside but has since been demolished. The north boundary is a rubble stone wall with a modern steel gate, while the west side features a roughcast wall with a pair of original 19th-century plain iron gates.