1909 – Church of the Good Shepherd, Sion Mills, Co. Tyrone

The Church of the Good Shepherd, Church of Ireland, was consecrated on 15th May 1909. Its architect, W.F Unsworth of Petersfield in Hampshire, a relative by marriage of the Herdmans. He chose to model Sion’s new centre of worship on a church near Pistoia, in Tuscany and the design is in elaborate Italian renaissance. Sion House and the Gate House adjacent to it, just a short distance from the church were also designed by Unsworth for the Herdman family.