Saint Columba's Church (Gartan) — Church Hill

Detached Church of Ireland church, dated 1819 and enlarged 1895, having three-bay nave with three-stage entrance tower to west, three-bay side aisle of 1913 to north, chancel to east and L-plan vestry over basement to south. Purple slate roofs, pitched to nave and chancel and lean-to to side aisle, on projecting eaves course, latter moulded to chancel and vestry, moulded coping to chancel, and cast-iron rainwater goods. Crenellated parapet to tower with pinnacles and moulded string course. Wet-dashed-rendered walls to nave and tower, latter having moulded string courses between stages, and with recessed lozenge-shaped plaque to front face of middle stage of tower inscribed 'This church built in 1819 by the Revd Richard Homan Rector/Geo. Grier Archt./Church of St Columba/Restored AD 1895'. Coursed rubble sandstone with strap pointing to side aisle, chancel and vestry over projecting plinth, with clasping buttresses to corners of side aisle and buttresses to chancel, with ashlar quoins. Pointed-arch openings to nave and chancel, triple-light to latter and featuring depiction of Saint Columba in stained glass, with stone sills, cut-stone surrounds and Y-tracery leaded quarries. Triple Tudor-arch lights to side aisle with chamfered ashlar transoms and surrounds, integral sills and cast-iron quarries. Rusticated pointed relieving arch to chancel window. Shouldered openings to vestry with chamfered ashlar surrounds, cast-iron windows and timber battened door. Pointed-arch timber battened door to tower with Y-tracery fanlight. Set on elevated site within graveyard and having rendered and rubble stone boundary walls with square-plan piers having castellated caps and wrought-iron double-leaf gate.