Ballintoy Church
Ballintoy Church
Ballintoy Parish Church of Ireland stands above the harbour on Harbour Road, County Antrim, one of the most northerly churches in the Diocese of Connor: a Grade B+ building completed in 1813, open in daylight hours, with a truncated tower after the hurricane of 1894.
- Location
- Ballintoy, County Antrim
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- County
- County Antrim
- City / town
- Ballintoy
- Address
- Harbour Road, Ballintoy, County Antrim, BT54 6NA
- Postcode
- BT54 6NA
- Built
- 1812–14; completed 1813; renovated 1883
- Architect
- John Bowden (plans, 1811); Henry Wynne, carpenter, supervising and probably modifying the design
- Denomination
- Church of Ireland
- Diocese
- Connor
- Parish
- Ballintoy
- Grade
- B+
- Style
- Georgian
- Materials
- Stone, two-bay nave with north transept and west tower
- Grid reference
- D 038 453
- Opening hours
- Open during daylight hours.
- Access
- Level access to the main areas
Overview
The church is Northern Ireland listed HB05/10/001 (Grade B+). The present building replaced an older structure and was built under the Revd Robert Trail. The Dictionary of Irish Architects records plans by John Bowden of September 1811, a contract of 28 February 1812 with Henry Clark and the carpenter Henry Wynn (Wynne), and certification of the church on 1 August 1814. A stone below the altar names “Henry Wynne, architect”; Gloine and Brett treat Wynne as supervising architect who probably modified Bowden’s design. The parish describes a two-bay nave, a single north transept, and a tower retained from an earlier building.
A Telford & Telford organ was installed in 1857. An extensive renovation of 1883 added pulpit, pews, flooring, tiling and heating and repaired roof and spire. A hurricane in December 1894 damaged the roof and tore off the steeple, which was not replaced — hence the stubby tower. A sundial dated 1817 is fixed to the west corner. Watson of Youghal designed a chancel window to Trail (d. 1842), who served the parish for 66 years. Listing URLs for Northern Ireland are not used in the Gazette list-entry field.
Further Information
- Ballintoy Parish Church
- Dictionary of Irish Architects: Ballintoy
- Northern Ireland listed building HB05/10/001 (Grade B+)