Christ Church (C of I) parochial hall, 10 Station Road, Castledawson, Co Londonderry, BT45 8AZ

Plain, single storey gabled and rendered Methodist church of 1838, now used as a (C of I) church hall, with a small gabled projection added recently to the north end. The property is situated on a rise on the E side of Station Road, to S of Castledawson Main Street. The front elevation of the hall faces W and is asymmetrical. To the left hand side is a large segmental headed archway with simple moulded ‘bands’ at arch-springing level. The archway leads into an open porch with a doorway within with panelled door and semicircular fanlight with gothick tracery. Above right of the porch archway is a painted stone panel which is inscribed ‘Wesleyan Methodist Chapel. Erected 1838’. To right of the archway are three tall high level semicircular headed window openings. These all have Georgian-paned sash frames with gothick tracery to the arch (22 panes over 12). Each window is now covered by a security grill. Stone cills. To the N gable there is a small single storey gabled and rendered projection, which was added in c.1980 (and which houses toilets). This has a modern window to its N gable and an overhanging roof with artificial tiles. To the immediate right of the projection (on gable of original building), there is an elliptical arched recess. One suspects that this recess was originally open (and lead into the open porch.) To the left of the projection is a small window with modern frame. To the S gable there are two windows as W elevation, only slightly shorter and set at a slightly higher level. To the E elevation there is a doorway (with plain sheeted door) at ground level with a slightly smaller plain sheeted door at upper level to right. The building is finished in lined cement render, with a slated gabled roof and cast iron rw goods (PVC to projection). To front of the building is a small sloping lawn bounded by a roughcast wall to W and a rubble wall to N. To S there is a drive, whilst to rear there is a tarmac covered area enclosed with modern fencing. There is a much larger car parking space beyond this.