Hamilton House Community Centre, Hamilton Road, Bangor, Co Down, BT20 4LF

A single-storey pre-fabricated light-weight structure built to the designs of J.A Gaw, dated 1949. Former education facility comprising multiple rectangular units arranged around a small central yard. Flat-roofed brick additions erected later c.1970. Located close to Bangor town centre at the junction between Hamilton Road and Park Road; Shallow pitched felt roof; overhanging and flush eaves; extruded aluminium rainwater goods, box guttering with circular down pipes. Corrugated aluminium cladding to steel structure rising from concrete plinth; grey bricks laid to stretcher bond. Single-glazed steel-framed pivot and casement windows. Principal doors generally plain timber with narrow glazed panel; stainless steel ironmongery. The principal elevation (former classroom block) faces south; curtain wall segmented by projecting fins supporting overhanging roof. Each segment comprising from ground level up: corrugated metal cladding; timber over-clad; horizontal split bi-partite windows rising to the eaves soffit. Several plain flush timber escape doors located at various intervals. The left gable is blank. The rear elevation curtain walling is finished flush with various glazed and corrugated cladding sections. Adjoining the principal unit to the two individual smaller units of matching details, at the rear, is a single-storey flat-roofed service block and principal entrance; of no interest. The right gable has a large central glazed section. The secondary building to the west is a double height hall matching the principal building in style and detailing. The principal south-facing gable is abutted by a single-storey flat-roofed entrance lobby with centrally located double timber doors with continuous high level glazing to the front, left and right cheeks. The left elevation comprises continuous high level glazing with a single exit door located right of centre at ground level. The north facing gable is abutted by flat-roofed L-shaped bricked ancillary accommodation; of no interest. The right elevation comprises continuous high level glazing with a single exit door located right of centre at ground level. Setting The wedge shaped site slopes down to the north. Access from Hamilton Road via modern paladin gates. Pedestrian ramp from Hamilton Road south of the hall. Narrow strip of grass with trees at south of the site. Grassed areas to the east and north bounded by low-level hedges. Three-storey Victorian terraces occupied by a mix of commercial and retail to the west. To the north is a two-storey Victorian terrace and detached residential buildings. Roofing: Felt Walling: Corrugated aluminium Windows: Steel RWG: aluminium.