All Saints Church (C. of I.)

Exterior description and setting

A tall gabled church built of rustic brick with a steep pitched roof of concrete tiles, surmounted by a square belfry with a spire. Traditional in general form and layout but fenestrated in a modern manner with large window on ecclesiastical west gable rising to full height of wall. Side windows rectangular. Ecclesiastical east gable blank. Main entrance in a projecting porch on ecclesiastical south side, actually facing east. Open rectangular belfry with timber sheeting to base and zinc covered spire on top.

Setting: the building stands in its own grounds facing the main roadway through a housing estate, with an open green opposite the entrance front, and open agricultural land to the rear. Low boundary wall of rustic brick to the front, with iron gates.

Historical information

Designed by A.F. Lucy & Co, architects of Belfast; dedicated 1962.

References - Primary

1. Irish Builder and Engineer, 15 September 1962, p 699.

Secondary

1. Diocesan Directory, 1992.

Criteria for listing: architectural interest

Not listed

Criteria for listing: historic interest

Not listed

Evaluation

This is a prominent building in the housing estate in which it stands but of relatively recent date and not of special architectural or historic interest. Some original features have been altered.