- Building type: Church
- Date of construction: 1788
- Architect: Not Assigned
- Listing: B
- HB/SMR Ref: HB08/09/014
- 2nd Survey by EHS: No
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The Steeple, Church Island, Lough Beg, Magherafelt
County Londonderry
Gothic style, square 3 stage tower with crenellation and pyramidal pinnacles. Octagonal ashlar spire with ball finial. Ground floor has tall pointed arch windows. Stepped basalt quoins
| Stone Type Category: | Basalt |
| Primary Stone Type: | Basalt |
| Secondary Stone Type: | Local Carboniferous Sandstone |
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| Stonework Construction: | Rough-coursed rubble |
| Stonework Condition: | Stonework is in good general condition with minimal evidence of deterioration through some surface roughening of isolated sandstone blocks. Weathering of some decorative stonework has resulted in loss of definition. |
| Condition Assessment (QUB): | 1 |
