St Matthew's Parish Church Hall, 44 Main Street, Scarva, Craigavon, Co Down, BT63 6LS

A symmetrical terraced three-bay two-storey red-brick church hall, dated 1894 and located on the east side of Main Street in the centre of Scarva. Rectangular plan with two-storey modern flat-roof extension (1987) to rear. Pitched natural slate roof with terracotta and blue/black angled ridge tiles and timber bargeboard to gable; Pyramidal fleche with bellcast surmounted by weathervane to centre of ridgeline. Cast-iron half round rainwater goods on timber eaves. Walling is Flemish-bonded red-brick on a chamfered plinth with yellow brick dressings; dog- tooth string course between floors. Windows are replacement timber casements; those to left and right bays are wide, in segmental-arched yellow brick surrounds with keyblock detail. The principal elevation faces west and is four windows wide to first floor. Central bay is delineated by a pedimented gable infilled with fish scale clay tiles and a clock and at ground floor by brick piers which rise to first floor string course. Paired square-headed windows to first floor and replacement five panelled timber door with segmental overlight in yellow brick surround to ground floor, accessed by two stone steps. Timber name plate over door with painted lettering reading “SCARVA PARISH HALL” with “1894” below. Flanking bays comprise segmental-arched window to each floor which are in turn flanked by brick piers rising to eaves level. The north gable is abutted by 42 Main St Scarva (HB17/03/032). The east (rear) elevation is almost entirely abutted by a modern flat-roof two-storey extension. To centre is a recessed porch with a modern timber casement window to first floor and modern double-leaf panelled-and-glazed timber door to ground floor (accessed at a lower level via a set of masonry steps). The south gable is abutted by adjoining building (HB17/03/034). Setting Prominently positioned at the junction of Main Street and Station Road, street-fronted overlooking Scarva Bridge (HB17/03/036) and the surrounding farmland. Forming part of a mid-nineteenth century terrace. To the rear of the building is a set of steps, leading to St Matthews Parish Church (HB17/03/037). Steps are bounded by a red-brick and masonry wall topped by yellow brick coping. Roof: Natural slate Walling: Brick Windows: Replacement timber RWG: Cast-iron