Saint Brigid's Catholic Church — Ballycastle

Detached eight-bay double-height Catholic church, designed 1930-3; built 1931-3; dedicated 1933, on a cruciform plan comprising six-bay double-height nave opening into single-bay (three-bay deep) double-height transepts centred on single-bay double-height apse to crossing (south) on a half-octagonal plan. Renovated, 1970, with sanctuary reordered. Pitched slate roof on a cruciform plan centred on half-octagonal slate roof (south) with perforated crested clay ridge tiles, concrete coping to gables on "Cavetto" kneelers with "Fleur-de-Lys"-detailed wrought iron Cross finials to apexes including concrete coping to gable to entrance (north) front with rendered, ruled and lined buttressed gabled bellcote to apex framing embossed cast-bronze bell (1932), and cast-iron rainwater goods on "Cavetto" consoles retaining cast-iron downpipes. Rendered walls on rendered chamfered plinth with rendered stepped buttresses having "slated" coping including rendered clasping stepped buttresses to corners to entrance (north) front having "slated" coping supporting octagonal pinnacles. Lancet window openings with concrete sills, and rendered block-and-start surrounds having chamfered reveals with hood mouldings over on label stops framing storm glazing over fixed-pane fittings having stained glass margins centred on leaded stained glass panels. Lancet "Trinity Windows" to transepts with concrete sills, and rendered block-and-start surrounds having chamfered reveals with hood mouldings over on label stops framing storm glazing over fixed-pane fittings having stained glass margins centred on leaded stained glass panels. Lancet window openings to apse (south) with concrete sills, and rendered block-and-start surrounds having chamfered reveals with hood mouldings over on label stops framing storm glazing over fixed-pane fittings having stained glass margins centred on leaded stained glass panels. Square-headed door opening to entrance (north) front in pointed-arch recess with step threshold, and rendered block-and-start surround having stepped reveals with hood moulding over on label stops framing timber boarded or tongue-and-groove timber panelled double doors. Lancet flanking window openings with concrete sills, and rendered block-and-start surrounds having chamfered reveals with hood mouldings over on label stops framing storm glazing over fixed-pane fittings having stained glass margins centred on leaded stained glass panels. Lancet "Trinity Window" to gable with concrete sill, and rendered block-and-start surrounds having chamfered reveals with hood mouldings over on label stops framing storm glazing over fixed-pane fittings having stained glass margins centred on leaded stained glass panels. Interior including vestibule (north); square-headed door opening into nave with glazed timber panelled double doors; full-height interior open into roof with timber panelled choir gallery (north) supporting timber pipe organ below stained glass "Trinity Window" (2000), tiled central aisle between trefoil-detailed timber pews, Gothic-style timber memorial stations (undated) between stained glass windows (2000), pointed-arch arcades to transepts on Corinthian pillars with hood mouldings over on beaded "Cavetto" label stops, exposed Hammerbeam timber roof construction on beaded "Bowtell" corbels with wind braced ceiling in carved timber frame on carved timber cornice on perforated frieze, and pointed-arch chancel arch framing carpeted stepped dais to sanctuary to crossing (south) reordered, 1970, with pair of stained glass windows (2000) centred on quatrefoil-detailed cut-veined white Carrera marble Gothic-style high altar (1933). Set in landscaped grounds with quatrefoil-detailed rendered piers to perimeter having gabled capping.