Historic Buildings Record · Northern Ireland
Church hall
Town Parks, Ards and North Down, Northern Ireland
The record
- Designation
- Record only (not listed)
- Grade
- Record Only
- Type
- Demolished
- Date of construction
- 1860 - 1879
- Address
- Church hall, Second Presbyterian Church, Killinchy Street, Comber, Co. Down, BT23 5AP
- Townland
- Town Parks
- Council
- Ards and North Down
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Coordinates
- 54.54837, -5.74538
- Date of survey
- 02 July 1999
- HB reference
- HB24/15/022 A
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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
Site, to the rear of Second Comber Presbyterian Church (W of Killinchy Street, to the S of Comber town centre), of a single storey school house of 1861, later used as a church hall. The building was demolished in 1993 and a larger two storey hall built in its place.
The hall was described when surveyed in March 1970 as a, ‘Single storey hall adjoining back of church. Roof slated and gabled on N face and W end. Walls of squared rubble. Windows drop hung, Georgian panes. Recent gabled entrance at SE corner- wall rendered, lined and painted. Condition fair. Frontage about 60ft’.
Historical information
The church hall formerly on this site was built in 1861 as a school house, with it and the manse (built at the same time) funded largely by session member John Smyth of New Comber House. The building was demolished in 1993 and a new larger hall, with offices etc., built in its place.
References- Primary sources
1 PRONI OS/6/3/10/3 OS map, 1st rev. 1858, Down 10.
2 PRONI OS/2/3/10 OS map, 2nd ed. 1901, Down 10.
Secondary sources
1 Norman Nevin ‘The Story of Comber’ (c.1980s) [typescript in Comber library].
Criteria for listing: architectural interest
Not listed
Criteria for listing: historic interest
Not listed
Evaluation
Site of former single storey school house of 1861, later used as a church hall, but demolished in 1993 with a large two storey hall built in its place
Nearby in the register
- ManseRectories/ Manses etcunder 1 mi
- Second Comber Presbyterian ChurchChurchunder 1 mi
- 21 Killinchy StreetStoreunder 1 mi
- 23 Killinchy StreetHouse - Terraceunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.