Clough Presbyterian Church, The Square, Clough, Downpatrick, BT30 8RB

Largely plain, cruciform Presbyterian church, the earliest section of which dates from c.1735, but which assumed its present plan form c.1840s, with a large modern porch added to one of the angles in 1996. The church is set to the S of The Square near the centre of the small village of Clough and is surrounded by a graveyard. The recently constructed main entrance porch is set in the junction between the NE & NW wings. It gives the composition of the front an uncompromisingly modern aesthetic. The double doors are sheeted and have small vision panels and a plain fanlight which is surmounted by a stylised key stone feature. The door is centred in a gable with ‘chamfered wings’. This gable has a bracketed canopy set at the apex. Beneath the canopy is a small glazed oculus. To the chamfered wings on either side of the door is a modern multi-pane window with top opener. The four wings are identical but for minor variations. The gables each have a single window to first floor and a door to the centre of the ground floor (barring that to the NW– which has no door and two evenly spaced ground floor windows). The side walls to the wings each have two unevenly spaced windows (barring the side walls facing the porch and the S wall of the SW wing- each of which have a single window). The windows are now modern top hung frames with Georgian-like panes. The corners all have moulded in/out quoins. The walls are finished in lined render. The roof is finished in Bangor blue slate. Cast iron rw goods.