Survey Data
Reg No
41306010
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Social
Previous Name
Rockcorry Presbyterian Meeting House
Original Use
Church/chapel
In Use As
Church/chapel
Date
1825 - 1835
Coordinates
264424, 319069
Date Recorded
20/06/2012
Date Updated
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Description
Freestanding gable-fronted five-bay Presbyterian church, dated 1830, and having similarly detailed hall recessed to north side. Pitched slate roof to gable-front (east) and hipped to west gable, with cast-iron rainwater goods, and cut-stone eaves course. Red brick chimneystack to west gable. Lined-and-ruled rendered walls to gables and exposed rubble stone to long elevations, having painted stone quoins to gable-front and sandstone quoins to west gable. Pointed arch window openings with cut limestone surrounds and sills, with projecting keystones to south elevation and replacement render surrounds and sills to north elevation, painted stone surrounds to gable-front, with quarry glazed windows throughout. Oculus window to gable-front apex. Pointed arch door opening to gable-front having painted stone surround with inscribed date 'AD 1830' to keystone, double-leaf timber battened door with quarry glazed overlight. Interior has simple aisled layout with stained timber pulpit and furniture to west end, wall to back of which has render hood-moulding detail, smooth rendered ceiling and walls, with wainscoting to lower level of walls, and stained timber pews. Marble and brass plaques to nave. Hall has pitched slate roof, rendered walls with render plinth and quoins, pointed arch doorway flanked by pointed-arch windows, with render surrounds, and with oculus to apex having render surround. Chamfered square-plan painted stone gate piers to front boundary with cut-stone pyramidal caps, double-leaf wrought-iron gates, and rubble stone boundary wall with concrete coping. Lawn and path to front of building.
Appraisal
Rockcorry Presbyterian church is a simple structure that retains its original form and plain detailing. It provides a typical illustration of Non-conformist churches built in Ireland at that time. The regularly proportioned elevations are enlivened by the pointed arch door and window openings and an oculus window to the structure's front apex.