St. Mark’s Parochial Hall, William Street, Newtownards, Co. Down, BT23 4AE

A large, two-storey, gabled parochial hall was constructed in 1953/4 in a modern style. It is located on the east side of William Street, to the west of Newtownards town centre. The building is predominantly brick with a pan tile roof and a full-height glazed bay facing the street. The main entrance, set within the glazed bay, is located in the centre of the west gable. A projecting open porch with a hipped roof and plain, angled concrete side walls leads to sturdy timber double doors with glazed panels featuring obscured toughened glass and splayed sidelights. The glazed bay incorporates numerous thin concrete mullions dividing the windows, with many of the panes being obscured leaded glass, displaying simple heraldic motifs on some panes at the first floor level. To either side of the central bay on the ground floor are squat, three-light windows. The north and south facades are similar in design, including a projecting lean-to-like addition to the west end and tall, multi-pane, metal-framed windows set between brick pilasters. A small, single-storey, hipped roof projection is present on the rear gable. The pan tile roof has an overhang with boxed eaves, and metal rainwater goods are fitted. To the north of the hall is a long, single-storey structure, primarily constructed of corrugated iron. The hall was opened in May 1954 by Lord Wakehurst, the Governor of Northern Ireland.