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Ballintra Methodist Church — Main Street

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Ballintra Methodist Church — Main Street
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Freestanding Methodist church/meeting house, built c. 1896, comprising a five-bay hall having advanced gable-fronted breakfront to the centre of the entrance gable end (south-east) with snecked rock-faced sandstone bellcote to gable apex, and having single-bay gable-fronted vestry(?) to the rear gable end (north-west). Pitched artificial slate roof with clay ridge tiles. Raised cut sandstone verges to the south-east gable end having moulded kneeler stones at eaves level. Snecked rock-faced sandstone construction to the front elevation of breakfront and to the south-east elevation of main body of church having squared dressed rock-faced block-and-start quoins to the corners. Roughcast rendered walls over projecting plinth course to other elevations. Pointed-arched window openings to main body of church having diamond-pane windows with coloured glass and with modern storm glazing and metal protective grids to exterior. Three graded pointed-arched window openings to the front elevation of breakfront (south-east) having diamond-pane windows with coloured glass and with modern storm glazing and metal protective grids to exterior. Flush pointed-arched relieving arch over window openings to south-east having rock-faced sandstone voussoirs. Round-headed window to the north-west gable end of main body of building having stained glass window. Square-headed entrance door opening to the south-west elevation of breakfront having replacement timber double-doors and replacement overlight. Set back from roadside on a corner site to the north-east end of Ballintra. Tarmacadam forecourt to west and south sides. Snecked squared sandstone boundary wall to south-east of site having chamfered cut sandstone coping and cast-iron railings over. Main entrance gateway to the south-east of site comprising a pair of rock-faced ashlar sandstone gate piers (on square-plan) having rock-faced sandstone capstones over, and with a pair of decorative cast-iron gates. Wrought-iron (former) lantern holder over gateway, spanning piers. Modern boundary wall to the south-west of site.

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