St Mary’s Church (RC), Glassdrumman Rd, Annalong, Newry, Co Down, BT34 4QN

This is a single-storey, gabled barn church located on the Glassdrumman Road in Annalong, Newry, dating from between 1820 and 1839. The church is aligned north-south, with a projecting chancel at the south end. The roof is slate-covered, with fretted terracotta ridge tiles and Celtic crosses at both gable ends. The chancel roof is a lower version of the same style, with a cross at its apex. The walls are likely granite rubble with a lined cement render finish, and feature raised decorative quoins and a projecting eaves course. A gabled, slated porch provides access to the north gable, above which a stained glass lancet window is set within the gable apex; this window has Y-shaped timber tracery and a hood mould. The nave has six Gothic-headed windows on each side, featuring rectangular leaded panes with some simple colour detailing. Stringing is present at the spring level of these windows, continuing around their heads as hood moulds. The chancel has a blind lancet window on its east elevation, and a larger lancet window on its south gable, again with Y-shaped timber tracery and coloured glass. A datestone on the road-facing elevation reads: ‘Elegi Locum Isum Mihi In Domium Sacrificit AD 1832’. Several single-storey, slated extensions with modern windows are located on the west elevation at the junction of the nave and chancel. The interior has been recently constructed to a high standard. The church was originally listed but delisted on July 22, 1998.