Historic Buildings Record · Northern Ireland
Methodist Church
Randalstown, Antrim and Newtownabbey, Northern Ireland
The record
- Designation
- Record only (not listed)
- Grade
- Record Only
- Type
- Demolished
- Date of construction
- 1840 - 1859
- Address
- Methodist Church, 40 New Street, Randalstown, Antrim, Co Antrim
- Townland
- Randalstown
- Council
- Antrim and Newtownabbey
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Coordinates
- 54.74812, -6.32155
- Date of survey
- 23 September 2000
- HB reference
- HB20/04/006
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1838 "Ireland, north sheet." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Department's description
Exterior description and setting
Demolished to make way for a petrol filling station. Described in the first survey in 1971 as "A rectangular building built of squared blackstone rubble with sandstone surrounds to lancet windows glazed with lattice panes. One side is lighted by three windows, the other by two; the remaining space is occupied by a gabled entrance porch. The road gable contains a group of three lancets with continuous hood mould."
Historical information
Built in the 1840s or 1850s as a Methodist church; partially demolished in 1989 when converted to a petrol filling station, and the remainder demolished in 1995.
References – Primary Sources
1. OS Map 1858, Co Antrim 43 (building shown on site but not named).
2. OS Map 1903, Co Antrim 43 (named as 'Methodist Chapel').
Secondary Sources
1. UAHS, Antrim and Ballymena (Belfast, 1969), p 24.
Criteria for listing: architectural interest
Not listed
Criteria for listing: historic interest
Not listed
Evaluation
Demolished to make way for a petrol filling station.
Nearby in the register
- 38 New StreetShopunder 1 mi
- Garage ('New Street Garages')Factoryunder 1 mi
- Public LibraryLibraryunder 1 mi
- Market SquareMarketunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.