Dunaghy Independent Church, beside 30 Killygarvin Road

Dunaghy Independent Church is a plain Gothic revival church built in 1861-2, located on the south side of Killygarvan Road within Donaghy townland. The building comprises a long rectangular nave with a single-storey flat-roofed return to the rear south, a pitched two-storey church hall to the rear southeast connected by a single-storey flat-roofed link block, and a two-storey manse to the southeast.

The front north elevation is gable-ended and three bays in width. It features a long lancet pointed-arched window to the left, a square-headed doorway to the centre with chamfered surround, paired panelled timber doors, and a timber and glazed overlight set on concrete paviours, and a long lancet pointed-arched window to the right. Above the doorway is a large double pointed-arched lancet window. Stone dressings to windows and doors match the stone on the front elevation. A continuous projecting cut-stone cornice runs at eaves level. Protective external uPVC screens have been added to the windows on the front facade. The oversized Gothic window above the main entrance gives an unusual character to the front façade composition, with well-executed detailing.

The side east and west elevations are three bays in width, wider than the front elevation. Windows are long pointed-arched lancet timber set on chamfered cut-stone sills, most with external protective uPVC frames. The attached single-storey link block is to the left, leading to the church halls to the southeast.

The rear south elevation is gable-ended with two pointed arched lancet windows set on cut-stone sills with original timber. The elevation is partially obscured by the single-storey vestry return to the right.

External walls to the front elevation are dressed stone with matching cut-stone dressings and a projecting chamfered cut-stone plinth. The side and rear elevations are of plain painted roughcast render on projecting cut-stone plinths, with the rear portions painted. The roof is pitched in natural slate with replacement extruded aluminium rainwater goods.

The Church Hall to the southeast is largely rectangular in plan with a gable end to the north and a single-storey entrance bay to the centre. Windows throughout are an assortment of square-headed timber casement windows set on painted concrete sills. There is a further square-headed timber door to the southwest elevation at the rear of the church. External walls are painted roughcast render to match the main church. The roof is pitched with a flat roof to the link block.

The church is set within a boundary marked by a low wall with cut-stone capping and a vehicular entrance to the centre with replacement galvanised metal gates. An access road to the east leads to the attached church hall and manse.

The church was built at a cost of £700 along with the manse, erected at the same time. The existence of the church was largely due to the efforts of Hugh Kelso, a publican from Tullyhogue, who, coming under the influence of the Revival of 1859, sold his business and became involved in Christian work in the local area. He organised a church fellowship which originally met in the home of James Little of Spamount. Following the building of the church, Kelso became the Donaghey congregation's minister, remaining in the post for a decade. The large church hall appears to have been added circa 1980s, with the church renovated circa 2000. The manse has lost most of its historic interior and original windows, the roof has been replaced and is of no interest.