- Building type: Tower
- Date of construction: 1891
- Architect: Mortimer Thompson
- Listing: B+
- HB/SMR Ref: HB23/19/009
- 2nd Survey by EHS: No
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Tower & Spire, St. Colmcille's RC Church, High Street, Holywood
County Down
Tall square Gothic tower with octagonal spire. Plain ashlar red sandstone dressing. Original church demolished following bomb explosion, modern church now attached to tower
| Stone Type Category: | Buff-Pink Sandstone |
| Primary Stone Type: | Scrabo Sandstone |
| Secondary Stone Type: | Locharbriggs Sandstone |
| Other Stone Type: | |
| Replacement Stone Type: | English Carboniferous Sandstone |
| Stonework Construction: | Random-coursed rock-faced |
| Stonework Condition: | Sandstone blockwork is in reasonable condition but with some evidence of block deterioration and surface loss through bedding-plane erosion and granular disintegration. |
| Condition Assessment (QUB): | 2 |
