Historic Buildings Record · Northern Ireland
Presbyterian Church
Foughill Etra, Newry, Mourne and Down, Northern Ireland
The record
- Designation
- Record only (not listed)
- Grade
- Record Only
- Type
- Church
- Date of construction
- 1860 - 1879
- Address
- Presbyterian Church, Lower Foughill Road, Jonesborough, Co Armagh, BT35 8SQ
- Townland
- Foughill Etra
- Council
- Newry, Mourne and Down
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Coordinates
- 54.09744, -6.36597
- Date of survey
- 04 July 2000
- HB reference
- HB16/15/028
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 3 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1854 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Department's description
Exterior description and setting
A ruinous barn church (now almost completely covered in vegetation) occupying an elevated site, accessed by eleven granite steps. It is aligned NE to SW on the W side of Lower Foughill Road.
Roof is gone. Walls are cement wet-dashed over rubble stone (but smooth cement to SW gable) with stepped cement-rendered quoins to NE gable and advanced brick eaves.
NE gable has a two centred-arch door opening to centre with a smooth lime rendered stepped surround. A timber beam at arch spring level indicates a former transom. In wall above, to either side, is a lancet-headed window opening.
Each side elevation is three lancet window openings wide with chamfered jambs, internal brick reveals and granite cills. Vestiges of stepped lime rendered architraves can be seen.
SW gable is blank.
1862 datestone cited in HMBB survey card of April 1991 not evident.
Historical information
Datestone attests to erection in 1862. This is confirmed by the documents - not shown on 1861 OS map, but cited in 1862 manuscript version of Valuation Book.
Primary sources:
1. Datestone.
2. OS 6” map, 2nd edition, Co Armagh sheet 29 (PRONI OS 6/2/29/2).
3. Second Valuation book, published 1864, Co Armagh, Newry Union.
Criteria for listing: architectural interest
Not listed
Criteria for listing: historic interest
Not listed
Evaluation
A ruinous barn church, now overgrown in vegetation and subsequently of little architectural interest.
Nearby in the register
- Church of Ireland ChurchChurchunder 1 mi
- Jonesborough HouseHouseunder 1 mi
- 17 Jonesborough VillagePublic Houseunder 1 mi
- Mile postMilestoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.