Coolderry Chapel of Ease

Freestanding single-cell Church of Ireland chapel-of-ease, dated 1835. Pitched corrugated roof with rendered barges. Roughcast walls with plaque to gable inscribed: "COOLDERRY/CHAPEL OF EASE/ERECTED BY/GEORGE FORSTER/AD 1835". Pointed-arch door opening with timber battened door having overlight with Y-tracery. Pointed-arch window opening with remains of timber window. Square-headed window opening with remains of lozenge and ogee glazing bars. Set back from public road, in former demesne of Coolderry.

This chapel of ease, deconsecrated in the 1980s, expresses character typically found in religious structures, with particular attention given to the openings. A surviving element of the Coolderry Estate, it acts as a reminder of local cultural and landscape history. Coolderry, along with Lough Fea, was one of the principal estates in the area and was the seat of Baronet Forster. This chapel, erected in 1835 by George Forster of Coolderry, was a chapel of ease for the Church of Saint Molua in Magheracloone.