Historic Buildings Record · Northern Ireland
Cranagill Methodist Church
Cranagill, Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon, Northern Ireland
The record
- Designation
- Record only (not listed)
- Grade
- Record Only
- Type
- Church
- Date of construction
- 1880 - 1899
- Address
- Cranagill Methodist Church, Ardress Road, Portadown, Craigavon, Co Armagh
- Townland
- Cranagill
- Council
- Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Coordinates
- 54.44548, -6.57576
- Date of survey
- 31 December 2004
- HB reference
- HB15/02/042
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 1868 "4. Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Department's description
Exterior description and setting
A single storey church with round-headed windows and doorway. Main entrance faces south-west.
Roof slated; metal ventilator on ridge; plain timber bargeboards. Walls rendered, dry dash, on smooth rendered plinth; raised smooth rendered quoins to extremities; low smooth rendered buttresses between windows on side elevations; lozenge-shaped smooth rendered panel on front gable inscribed "Cranagill Methodist Church 1881". Central doorway in front gable, semi-circular arched, with moulded columnar jambs enclosing a panelled timber door and panelled tympanum; drip moulding and squared panelled shoulders. Three sets of coupled semi-circular arched windows to side elevations, with horizontal glazing bars, and narrow moulded surrounds. Blind rear gable with lower later projecting lean-to addition.
SETTING: The building stands in a rural location, on a corner site, with grassed area, hard surfaced car park, and mature trees.
Historical information
Built in 1881 according to the datestone on the building.
References – Primary Sources
1. Datestone on building.
2. OS Map 1954, Co Armagh 5.
Criteria for listing: architectural interest
Not listed
Criteria for listing: historic interest
Not listed
Evaluation
This is a late 19th century church of no special architectural or historic interest.
Nearby in the register
- King Edward VII post boxPost Boxunder 1 mi
- CRANNAGAELHOUSEunder 1 mi
- Rose CottageDemolishedunder 1 mi
- 16 Tallbridge RoadNo type recordedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.