First Presbyterian Meeting House — Manorcunningham

Detached four-bay single-storey Presbyterian meeting house\church built c. 1746 and altered or rebuilt c. 1860 and c. 1900, having single-storey entrance porch to north-west and single-storey vestry over basement to rear (south-east), built c. 1920. Refurbished and reroofed c. 1990. Pitched artificial slate roof (fibre cement) to main body of building with cast-iron rainwater goods, and with rendered chimneystack to the south-east end of hall. Pitched artificial slate roof to porch to the north-west; pitched natural slate roof to vestry to south-east having yellow brick chimneystack. Stippled smooth rendered walls over inset smooth rendered plinth; raised smooth rendered block-and-start quoins corners of entrance porch to the north-west. Round-headed window openings to side elevations of main hall having painted stone sills, multi-pane timber sliding sash windows with some frosted panes and having margin glazing with coloured glass to outer panes. Round-headed window openings to the south-east end of main hall having leaded stained glass windows with protective grilles over; blind round opening over vestry to rear elevation. Round-headed window openings to front and side elevations of porch having stone sills and with nine-over-nine pane timber sliding sash windows. Round\ocular window opening to front elevation of porch (north-west), over central doorway, having radial timber glazing bars. Central round-headed doorway to the front elevation of porch (north-west) having replacement timber panelled double-doors with fielded panels, leaded overlight with coloured glass and with plain smooth rendered surround. Round-headed doorway to south-east elevation of vestry and round-headed window opening to west elevation having timber fittings. Date stone to east elevation of porch reading ’MPV + MRC RM 1723’ and ‘1746 this house was built be the Revd William Laird Minister Jas Boggs Projector’. Timber pews to interior, gallery with timber panelled balustrade and cast-iron column support, and timber panelled pulpit with timber pilasters. Set back from road in own grounds in elevated site to the north-east of the centre of Manorcunningham. Presbyterian hall (see 40827006) adjacent to the south in shared grounds. Site bounded to the east by smooth rendered boundary wall with moulded coping and smooth rendered piers (on square-plan) having stepped pyramidal coping over. Modern boundary wall to the west boundary. Main gateway to the east comprising a pair of smooth rendered gate piers (on square-plan) having steeped smooth rendered capping, and with a pair of decorative cast-iron gates. Associated manse (altered or rebuilt and not in survey) located adjacent to the north of site.