---
title: "Donagheady Presbyterian Church, Strabane"
description: "Located in Strabane, County Tyrone. Built 1855; opened 1856 on the site of an earlier meeting house. Grade B. Plain Gothic style."
category: "Church"
tags: ["Church","Other","County Tyrone","Presbyterian","Strabane","Grade B","Gothic","Northern Ireland"]
canonical: "https://thebritishgazette.com/post/donagheady-presbyterian-church-strabane"
pubDate: "2026-09-06T02:49:28.418Z"
dateModified: "2026-09-08T18:58:12.887Z"
location: "Strabane, County Tyrone"
country: "Northern Ireland"
county: "County Tyrone"
town: "Strabane"
address: "Altrest Road, Strabane, County Tyrone, BT82 0BZ"
postcode: "BT82 0BZ"
built: "1855; opened 1856 on the site of an earlier meeting house"
denomination: "Other"
grade: "B"
style: "Plain Gothic"
materials: "Coursed squared local Dalradian schist with Tyrone Carboniferous sandstone dressings; pitched slate roof"
openingHours: "Open Saturdays for special events or for visitors. Open in the Summer all week for visitors, but in the event of the church being locked a key can be provided by contacting us."
parish: "Donagheady Presbyterian Church (Second Donagheady)"
accessNotes: "Level access to the main areas. Accessible toilets nearby"
---

# Donagheady Presbyterian Church, Strabane

Donagheady Presbyterian Church on Altrest Road, Bready, near Strabane, County Tyrone, is a mid-nineteenth-century Presbyterian meeting house known historically as Second Donagheady. It is listed Grade B in Northern Ireland (HB10/10/008).

## Overview

The Northern Ireland stone database and congregational records describe a detached six-bay hall of 1855 in plain Gothic style, opened in 1856 on the site of an earlier T-plan meeting house. Walls are coursed squared local Dalradian schist with Tyrone Carboniferous sandstone; the roof is pitched slate. Six tall lancets have Y-tracery. The entrance gable has a pointed-arch doorway below a large pointed arch with three lancets and a date stone of 1855. Stone for the masonry came from a quarry at Upper Sollus.

The new church is rectangular, with a vestibule, rooms above, and a gallery on three sides. Congregational records state that the architect’s name was never entered in the minute books. The earlier First Donagheady congregation dated from the seventeenth century; the present building succeeded a T-plan church whose pulpit stood in the long wall. The Northern Ireland listing is a Department for Communities designation, not a Historic England or Cadw entry.

## Further Information

- [Stone Database NI: Donagheady Second Presbyterian Church](https://stonedatabase.com/building/donagheady-second-presbyterian-church/)
- [Opening of New Second Donagheady Presbyterian Church, 1856](https://www.cotyroneireland.com/churchrecord/donagheady2nd5.html)
- [NI Historic Buildings: HB10/10/008](https://apps.communities-ni.gov.uk/Buildings/buildview.aspx?id=6001&js=false)