Presbyterian Hall, Garvetagh Road, Castlederg, Co Tyrone, BT81 7QA

Gable-fronted single-bay rectangular former Presbyterian Church, built c.1790, with attached double-height, gable-fronted Primary School, built c.1910. Presbyterian Hall: Rectangular on plan, facing east with front entrance porch, two-storey dwelling attached to north side elevation with rear porch to northwest corner and a corridor to the south side elevation connecting the hall to the neighbouring school. Pitched artificial slate roof with plastic rainwater goods to timber fascia. Pebbledash cement rendered walling with smooth rendered plinth course. Rectangular stone plaque to north side elevation states… 'This House was Built 1739 Chiefly, by Means of the Revd. mr. Nehermiah, Donaldson'. Gabled east front elevation with a pointed-arched window opening to the upper level with replacement hardwood casement window and stone sill. Small central gabled projecting entrance porch is flanked by pair of square-headed window openings, stone sills and hardwood casement windows. Entrance porch has artificial slate roof, plastic rainwater goods and a replacement double-leaf vertically-sheeted timber door with pointed-arched fanlight with original timber Y-tracery glazing. Stone step opens onto concrete step to concrete pedestrian footpath. South side elevation is three windows wide with windows as per front elevation. The westernmost opening is now occupied by a flat-roofed corridor connecting the hall to the neighbouring school. Rear elevation is blank, forming part of an extension built c.1960. North side elevation is abutted by adjoining two-storey house, built c.1960, with a lean-to rear entrance porch to the inner angle. Primary School: Gable-fronted double-height hall, four windows wide to its side elevations, rectangular on plan, facing east with a connecting flat-roofed extension, c.1960, and further single-storey extension to west rear gable, built c.1980. Pitched natural slate roof, black clay ridge tiles, metal-clad raking coping to either raised gable and steel rainwater goods. Pebbledash rendered walling with tooled stone ashlar kneeler stones to both gables. Remains of a projecting chimneystack to front gable. Square-headed double-height window openings with early mulit-pane steel casement windows and concrete sills. Flat-roofed entrance porch to front gable attached to flat-roofed extension, three windows wide. Double-leaf hardwood doors opening onto flight of concrete steps. Setting Corner-sited enclosed to road by rubble stone wall with cement coping. Front door to hall opens onto concrete footpath through front lawn enclosed to road and to south by rubble stone wall opening onto the road by an early wrought-iron pedestrian gate. Corner-sited school grounds finished in bitmac and enclosed by rubble stone wall with cement coping. Roof: Artificial slate / Natural slate Walling: Pebbledash cement render Windows: Replacement Timber casement / Steel casement RWG: UPVC / Cast-iron