Church Hill, Maghera, County Down 

Bence-Jones, Mark. A Guide to Irish Country Houses (originally published as Burke’s Guide to Country Houses volume 1 Ireland by Burke’s Peerage Ltd. 1978); Revised edition 1988 Constable and Company Ltd, London.  

p. 83. “(Kirkpatrick/IFR) An early to mid-C18 two storey gable-ended house of five bays; extended towards the end of C18 to form a new drawing room, the addition begin of the same height as the original front; and also gable-ended; but single-storey, with a three sided bow in its front and end walls. At the same time. presumably, the entrance door was moved to the left-hand bay of the original front, being given a delicately-glazed fanlight and sidelights; in the Victorian period, a graceful open wooden porch was added, with curving roof on turned supports. In 1930s, the end bow of the drawing room was raised a storey and balancing gable-ended wing with two storey three sided bow was built alongside the drawing room extension, containing a new dining room. At the same time, the hall was enlarged by taking in the former dining room; and a new semi-circular staircase was constructed.”