Moville Presbyterian Church

Freestanding Presbyterian church, built 1863, comprising six-bay hall with bell tower (on square-plan) to the south-east corner with belfry and broached spire (on octagonal-plan) over, gable-front entrance porch to east elevation and gable-fronted vestry to west elevation. Pitched natural slate roof with grey clayware ridge tiles, ashlar gable copings, carved stone finials to south gable and over entrance porch, moulded projecting skew-putts to eaves; sandstone brackets supporting ashlar eaves course, and with cast-iron rainwater goods. Squared coursed rubble stone walls with ashlar block-and-start quoins and diagonally-set stepped ashlar buttresses to corners. Pointed-arched window openings with chamfered ashlar surrounds and squared rubble stone relieving arches; tripartite lancet window with continuous having diamond-shaped cast-iron quarry-glazed windows with coloured glass to outer panes. Pointed-arch door opening with chamfered ashlar surrounds and squared-rubble relieving arches; square-headed door opening with shouldered ashlar surround to vestry. Spire comprising yellow-brick pyramidal steeple with wrought-iron finial and cornice to base, mounted on polygonal yellow brick tower having lancets to each side, with stepped ashlar plinth course, over polygonal tower, tapering to a square plan comprising squared-rubble walls with ashlar block-and-start quoins; with lancet window. Set within own grounds with squared and random rubble boundary wall with squared-rubble coping. Main gateway to south-east comprising cast-iron gates mounted on smooth rendered piers with moulded ashlar coping; gateway to east comprising cast-iron gate mounted on squared rubble piers with ashlar coping. Located to west of Moville town centre; associated manse (see 40809017) to north-east.