Historic Buildings Record · Northern Ireland
Holy Family RC Church
Ballygowan, Mid and East Antrim, Northern Ireland
The record
- Designation
- Record only (not listed)
- Grade
- Record Only
- Type
- Church
- Date of construction
- 1820 - 1839
- Address
- Holy Family RC Church, Ballygowan, Larne, Co Antrim
- Townland
- Ballygowan
- Council
- Mid and East Antrim
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Coordinates
- 54.80918, -5.90338
- Date of survey
- 10 September 1997
- HB reference
- HB06/06/020
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1811 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Department's description
Exterior description and setting
A gabled rectangular church of 19th century appearance which has had its bellcote removed, has undergone inappropriate remodellings, and has had a modern late 20th century flat-roofed porch added across its front. It stands in a rural
setting, in a grassed graveyard bounded by a basalt rubble wall. The first survey in 1970 recorded that 'The main gable is surmounted by a bellcote (without bell), there is an oculus above the porch with coloured glass where remaining, flanked by two mitred plaques of a sacred heart and crossed crook and keys.'
Historical information
Appears on the OS map of 1832.
References - Primary
1. OS Map 1832, Co Antrim 40.
Criteria for listing: architectural interest
Not listed
Criteria for listing: historic interest
Not listed
Evaluation
A building of no architectural merit or special historic importance. It has lost any early 19th century character in the course of renovations and rebuilding.
Nearby in the register
- 24 Ballyrickard RoadHouse1 mi
- Kilwaughter Orange HallHall2 mi
- Kilwaughter CemeteryGraveyard2 mi
- Raloo Presbyterian ChurchChurch2 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.