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Creggs Presbyterian Church

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Creggs Presbyterian Church
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Creggs Presbyterian Church has lost its main roof, but the little bellcote has kept its own. In the great scramble for a hat, the bell has somehow beaten the entire congregation.

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Freestanding gable-fronted Presyterian church, built c.1860, having four-bay nave, and now ruined but undergoing renovation. Pitched roof missing covering. Limestone ashlar walls. Pointed-arch windows to nave with lighter coloured limestone dressings. Pointed-arch doorcase to gable-front with moulded surround and hood-moulding, set in shallow projection having trefoil window opening above and bellcote with round-arched bell opening and low-pitched, pyramidal roof. Entrance gates have limestone piers of rusticated limestone with capstones and cast-iron gates.
This ruined church is a rare example of a rural Presbyterian church to be found outside the province of Ulster, the reason being the presence of Scots Presbyterians in the area. The church is a solid structure in the ubiquitous Gothic-style prevalent in the mid-nineteenth century. The church is an interesting record of the period and is of merit architecturally.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 30402001

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Pictures: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage; Willow, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.5; Sitomon, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0; Sarah777 at en.wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain; Mike Searle, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0; AmandaMcCrann, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0; Andreas F. Borchert, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

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