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First Presbyterian Church, Antrim

First Presbyterian Church (aka First Church, Belfast) is a late 18th-century Non-subscribing Presbyterian church on Rosemary Street in Belfast, County Antrim. It is within the townland of Town Parks, in the civil parish of Shankill. The building was designed by Roger Mulholland on an elliptical plan and opened in 1783. The congregation and its antecedent was established in 1644. An early meeting house on the site was built in 1672, and a second congregation built another behind it in 1708. The church is within the council area of Belfast.
Historic Buildings Ref: HB26/50/054

Place Type: Ecclesiastical Monument
Alternative name(s): First Church, Belfast
Historic County: Antrim
Lat, Long: 54.600343,-5.929907
Grid Reference: J 3383 7442
Townland: Town Parks TD
Civil Parish: Shankill CP
Council Area: Belfast CA
Police Area: Northern Ireland PA
Devolved Legislature:  Northern Ireland Assembly

GBPN ID: 332591
Entry Type: Main listing (P)
URL: https://gazetteer.org.uk/place/First_Presbyterian_Church,_Antrim_332591

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