Church of the Holy Name

The Department's description

Exterior description and setting

Detached brick barn style Church of Ireland church, dated 1954 and constructed to designs by A.F. Lucy, located west side of Station Road. Single cell nave with belfry to north east corner, linked by flat roofed porch.

Pitched pantile roof, deep overhanging uPVC boxed eaves, fascia and gutter; masonry Celtic crosses to gable ends. Walling is stretcher bonded brown brick. Windows are triple round-arched-headed with stained glass and projecting cast-concrete surrounds.

Principal east elevation is three windows wide with porch and belfry to north end. Each window set in projecting bay with extreme left bay extended to contain internal chancel; oculus located to exposed section of wall above lower link block. Belfry is double height with pitched roof and overhanging eaves; defined by an offset full-height double-rebated opening rising above main entrance and containing bronze bell; wider left pier has projecting bricks at intervals arranged in a cross motif . Entrance consists of double-leaf panelled mahogany doors with bronze knobs set in projecting concrete surround surmounted by frieze inscribed ‘Hallowed be thy name’. Link block has full-height multi-light windows to each cheek, having Victorian stained glass insets.

South gable has round-headed stained glass Venetian style window contained within central projection having clock to apex.

West elevation abutted by modern extension of little interest; the exposed chancel end is blank.

North gable has round-headed stained glass window with brick voussoirs contained within slightly projecting bay.

Occupying a prominent roadside
setting with grassed area to east, tarmac parking area to north end. Bounded to road by quadrant steel railings on low plinth wall terminated by brick piers; accessed by mild steel double gates.

Roof covering Pitched pantile
Walling Red brick stretcher bond
Windows Triple round-headed stained glass, projecting concrete surrounds
Rainwater goods uPVC

Historical information

The Church of the Holy Name is dated 1954.

According to the parish website, the church was ‘originally planted in Greenisland as an extension to Jordanstown Parish, [and has]…recently undergone a full refurbishment together with the construction of a new ‘Parish Centre’.

The church was built in 1954 by A.F. Lucy who designed a number of churches in the area during the mid-twentieth century.

References:

Primary Sources
1. PRONI OS/6/1/52/3 –Third Edition OS Map (1902)
2. PRONI OS/6/1/52/7 –Eighth Edition OS Map (revised 1945 & 1951)

Secondary Sources
1. Greenisland Parish. [internet source]. Available from : Accessed 6th January, 2008.

Criteria for listing: architectural interest

A. Style
B. Proportion
C. Ornamentation
D. Plan Form
H-. Alterations detracting from building
I. Quality and survival of Interior
J. Setting

Criteria for listing: historic interest

V. Authorship
X. Local Interest
Y. Social, Cultural or Economic Importance

Evaluation

A well detailed mid-twentieth century Church of Ireland church of simple proportions, displaying simple but effective styling in materials typical of the period. Internally well preserved and representative of a period of intense development within the local area. The stained glass windows by D.I. Braniff are of particular significance