Survey Data
Reg No
22123012
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Archaeological, Architectural, Social
Previous Name
Saint Nicholas's Church (Carrick)
Original Use
Church/chapel
In Use As
Heritage centre/interpretative centre
Date
1835 - 1840
Coordinates
240042, 121775
Date Recorded
18/05/2005
Date Updated
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Description
Detached four-bay former Church of Ireland church, built 1839 on site of medieval church which had been renovated c.1800 and rebuilt 1839, with porch to west and additions to east elevation. Now in use as heritage centre. Pitched slate roofs with dressed limestone bellcote with pediment details and corbelled slightly over west gable, carved limestone chimney to east and cast-iron rainwater goods. Unpainted roughcast rendered walls with stepped coursed limestone buttresses to nave, diagonal to corners and having carved limestone haraldic plaque to porch. Pointed arch window openings with chamfered dressed limestone surrounds and with narrow round-headed lights to west gable and porch, all having replacement timber-frame windows and glass. Three-light lancet window to east gable. Four-centred arch window to porch with chamfered dressed limestone surround. Four-centred arch entrance opening to porch with replacement timber battened double-leaf door and wrought-iron gate. Interior has four-centred chancel arch. Set in landscaped historic graveyard with rubble limestone boundary walls with wrought-iron railings.
Appraisal
Much character is retained by this former church, despite having been closed for more than fifty years before sympathetic renovation in 1990. Although now in use as a heritage centre, it forms a group with the other churches in the town, which indicates a large community historically. Its setting in landscaped surroundings in the centre of town provides a pleasant and restful public area.