Historic Building Details

HB Ref No:
HB18/14/031

Address :
St Colman's C of I Church Tullybrannigan Road Newcastle Ballaghbeg Co Down

Townland:
Ballaghbeg

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Survey 2:
B2

Date of Listing:
09/11/1993 00:00:00

Date of De-listing:

Current Use:
Church

Former Use
Church

Conservation Area:
No

Industrial Archaeology:
No

Vernacular:
No

Thatched:
No

Monument:
No

Derelict:
No

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OS Map No:
255/10 SE

IG Ref:
J3689 3080

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Owner Category

Church - C of I

Exterior Description And Setting

Small, rectangular, single cell gabled church in an early medieval Irish style with slight Neo-Romanesque elements. The church was built in 1927 to designs by Henry Seaver, and was intended originally as a chapel of ease. It is picturesquely sited on the S side of the Tullybrannigan Road, half a mile W of Newcastle town centre. The church is set within the bounds of a graveyard with graves a distance away to the S. The church is constructed in uncoursed granite rubble, with green Westmoreland slates to the roof. The front gable faces W and has a relatively small semicircular arched entrance with recessed panelled timber double door. High above the door is a small roundel window. The N and S facades are identical, each having four, relatively small, semicircular headed windows. The E gable has a similar, but slightly larger, centrally located window. To the left on this gable is a semicircular headed doorway with door similar to front (only painted black). The roof has an overhang with plain barges. There is a small bellcote to the front gable. Cast iron rw goods. To the N of the church is a low rubble built wall with granite coping and wrought iron ‘twisted’ railings with spear heads. There is a decorative yet simple set of wrought iron gates, bounded by square, coursed granite gate posts with pyramidal caps. There are similar posts to the E and W boundaries of the wall.

Architects

Seaver, Henry

Historical Information

St Colman’s C of I church was built in 1927 to designs by Henry Seaver. It was originally intended as a chapel of ease and stands within a cemetery which appears to date from the later 19th century (it is shown on the OS map of 1903, but not on that of 1859). References- Primary sources 1 Linen Hall Library ‘Irish Builder’ 17 October 1925. Secondary sources 1 P.J. Rankin, 'Historic Buildings, Groups of Buildings, Areas of Architectural Importance in the Mourne Area of South Down', (Belfast UAHS 1975), p.78. 2 J.G. Jackson ‘St John’s Church, Newcastle- A brief history 1832-1982’ (Mourne Observer Press, Newcastle, 1982), pp.6-7. 3 Paul Larmour ‘Festival of Architecture 1934-1984’ (RSUA, Belfast, 1984).

Criteria for Listing

Architectural Interest

A. Style

Historic Interest

X. Local Interest

Evaluation

Small, rectangular gabled church of 1927 by Henry Seaver, in early medieval Irish style with slight Neo-Romanesque elements. The building has a certain picturesque quality, enhanced by the accompanying well tended (and well wooded) graveyard.

General Comments

Date of Survey

23 November 1999