Kilcoo C of I Parish Church, Bryansford Village, Ballyhafry, Newcastle, Co Down, BT33 0PT

Kilcoo Church of Ireland Parish Church is a simple, single-storey gothic church originally built in 1712, with substantial later additions including a three-storey tower added in 1812, a small nave extension and sanctuary in 1833, and a vestry in 1841. The building is picturesque-ally sited at the head of a long lane on a slight rise north of Bryansford Village.

The three-storey tower is positioned on the west side. The main entrance door, facing south, is timber-sheeted and set within a painted stone-dressed pointed arch opening. Above the door is a small slate plaque with hood moulding inscribed 'Lord I have loved the Habitation of thy House and the Place where thine HONOUR dwelleth. A.D. 1812 Psalm 26'.

The tower's ground floor features a timber-framed 'Y' tracery window to the west. To the north is a similar window opening at a slightly higher level, with small diamond panes in a metal frame, contrasting with the larger plain panes of more recent work. The ground floor has moulded in-and-out quoins with a projecting string course between ground and first floors. The first floor is faced with ashlar coursed granite, featuring small mullioned tripartite windows with granite dressings, sills and hood drip stones on the south, west and north faces. The east face is largely obscured by the abutting gable and is otherwise blank. A projecting string course separates the first and second floors. The second floor is finished with lined render and equal stone quoins, with 'Y' tracery gothic window frames incorporating louvers for belfry ventilation on each of the four faces, each topped with a hood moulding. The tower is finished with elaborate pinnacles and formal castellations.

The west gabled face of the nave is largely obscured by the centrally placed tower, with blank visible cheeks. The north face of the nave has two metal-framed 'Y' tracery windows, the left one having centrally placed ventilation hoppers. At the far left of this façade is the small lean-to vestry projection, its west face blank and north face containing a plain timber door to the right and a small pointed arch window with mainly diamond panes to the left. The east face of the projection has a plain door opening on the right side. The projection's roof has the same pitch as the main roof but sits at a lower level.

The east face is gabled with one central tripartite intersecting tracery window. The south face has a short blank section to the far right, adjoining a lean-to projection built in 1833 as a private pew for the Earl of Roden and family, its roof continuing the plane of the main roof. The projection's east face is blank while the south face has two equally spaced pointed arch-headed windows with small diamond panes. The north face contains a timber door with diagonal sheeting and decorative strap hinges, set within a painted stone-dressed pointed arch opening. To the left of the projection are two 'Y' tracery windows with diamond panes and ventilation hoppers on the right-hand window.

The main body of the church is finished in lined render with shallow parapets to the main roof gables. Cast iron rainwater goods and Bangor blue slates cover the roof. To the right side of the south lean-to extension stands a simple but tall chimney stack finished in granite.

The church is set within its own grounds with a small cemetery to the rear. Directly behind the rear gable is the Roden crypt. The steps down into the crypt are hidden from view by concrete planks covered with gravel, effectively disguising the crypt's existence.

Four of the church's windows contain small roundels, possibly dating to the 16th century and believed to be in the style of Dutch artist Martin Van Heemskerck (1498-1574).

The church was built in 1712 by Ann Hamilton, wife of James Hamilton of Tollymore, who had inherited Bryansford and various townlands from his mother, Ellen Magennis. After her husband's death in 1700, Ann took over running the estate and constructed this chapel of ease for farmers, tenants and estate workers. The building appears on James Kennedy's map of 1755 and on Taylor & Skinner's maps of 1777.

The tower was added and the windows enlarged in 1812 by the 2nd Earl of Roden, a descendant of James and Anne Hamilton. The 16th-century glass panels were added at this time, as was a small gallery, the work partly paid for by the Board of First Fruits. The gallery, though considered unsafe in 1830, survived until 1924. In 1833 the sanctuary and the Lord Roden pew were added, followed by the vestry in 1841.