[Extracts from the West Antrim list by W D Girvan and A J Rowan, published by the Ulster Architectural Heritage Society in 1970 (reprinted 1973).]
The List also covers Ballyeaston, Clough, Cloughmills, Crumlin, Doagh, Glenavy, Newtown Cromelin, Portglenone, Templepatrick and Toome.
Dated 1835. A splendid rubble basalt church with brick trim; two storeys, with segment-headed windows, Georgian glazed, on the ground floor,and round headed in the upper. The body of the church is octagonal. A three-bay porchway containing the staircase is added to the front. The charming interior is dominated by the horseshoe shaped gallery, supported on ten Ionic columns, painted to resemble marble. The ceiling is delicately plastered with an acanthus roundel. The hexagonal pulpit is supported on a pedestal and is reached by a pair of curving stairs. The original yellow pine box pews remain. A charming Gothick organ decorates the balcony. The church is very similar to Roger Mulholland's First Presbyterian Church, Rosemary Street, Belfast, and is perhaps a deliberate copy.
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