Carrickart Presbyterian Church — Carraig Art [Carrickart]

Detached four-bay Presbyterian church, dated 1896, having two-stage bell tower (on square-plan) attached to the north-west with broached spire (on octagonal-plan) over, projecting gable-fronted single-bay single-storey entrance porch to the north-east corner porch, and with two single-storey extensions to the rear (south). Pitched artificial slate roofs with decorative ridge tiles, raised pitched verges to the gable ends having kneeler stones at eaves level and with gable-fronted finials over having recessed trefoil motifs, pedestals (on square-plan) over gable apexes, corbelled eaves course, and with gable-fronted motifs along raised verges to gable ends of main body of church having inset trefoil motifs. Rendered spire to tower with metal weathervane finial over. Roughcast rendered walls over projecting smooth rendered plinth course, and with raised smooth rendered block-and-start quoins to the corners. Stepped clasping smooth rendered buttresses to the west gable end of main body of building and to the south side of nave between bays. Date plaque to the north face of tower incised ‘1896’. Pointed-arched window openings having chamfered smooth rendered surrounds with cusped\trefoilated heads to the side elevations of nave (north and south), gable ends (east and west), and to porch having chamfered stone sills, stained glass and leaded glass windows, and with outer storm glazing. Round-headed window to the centre of the east gable end having smooth rendered octofoil reveal, and leaded stained glass window; pointed-arched window opening to the centre of the west gable end having smooth rendered multifoil surround, and leaded stained glass window. Pointed-arched openings to tower at belfry level having timber louvered fittings. Pointed-arched doorway to the east face of tower having staged rendered surround, plinth blocks, render hoodmoulding over with label stops, and with battened timber door. Pointed-arched doorway to the west side of porch having smooth rendered surround and reveals, and timber door. Set back from road in mature grounds to the east of Carraig Art [Carrickart]. Rubble stone boundary wall with cement rendered coping over to road-frontage to the north. Main gateway to the north-west comprising a pair of rubble stone gate piers (on square-plan) having cement rendered pyramidal coping over, and with a pair of hooped wrought-iron gates. Gravemarker to the west of church having metal railed enclosure. Associated single-storey manse with dormer attic level to the south-east having gable-fronted dormers, pitched slate roof, rendered walls, and square-headed openings with red brick surrounds and replacement fittings. Gateway to manse to the east of church comprising a pair of rubble stone gate piers (on square-plan) with a pair of hooped wrought-iron gates.