Former Cinema, 18 Lower Strabane Road, Castlederg, Co.Tyrone, BT81 7AZ

Description on 28th April 2010 Description as July 2009 except that the front porch was demolished in April 2010. Description on 2nd July 2009 A double-height corrugated metal, gable fronted fomer cinema, fronted by a single-storey classical porch, built c.1930 and located on the south side of Lower Strabane Road, Castlederg. Rectangular on plan. Roof is pitched corrugated metal with timber bargeboards and half-round uPVC rainwater goods. The entrance block has a shallow pitched corrugated metal roof, concealed behind a parapet with breakfront pediment. Walling is corrugated metal to main hall, with the exception of north gable, which is metal sheeted. The porch is painted smooth-rendered with moulded plaster detailing. Windows are boarded or sheeted over throughout. Principal road-facing gable faces north and is completely abutted at ground floor by the entrance porch. Exposed section of main hall has three equally spaced small square openings and a ventilation grille to apex. The porch consists of a central pedimented breakfront with round-headed entrance opening finished with moulded stucco archivolt and impost moulding, all flanked by quarter-engaged Doric pillasters on plinth blocks. There is a large window opening with moulded stucco surround at either side, and the pocrh is terminated at ends by further Doric pilasters. Cheeks each have a small timber casement window. The principal entrance is deeply recessed within the porch, and consists of a double glazed and panelled door (boarded). Four panelled doors lead to rooms at either side of the porch. East elevation is blank with the exception of a pair of timber doors offset to left. Squares of corrugated metal suggest five former window openings, now blocked. Rear gable is abutted by a lean-to addition on concrete block plinth. West elevation is as east, with small glazed aperture at extreme north end. Road-fronted, with the porch accessed directly from the pavement, the hall is flanked by twentieth-century dwellings. Modern boundary walls delineate the site and perimeters are grassed and overgrown. Roof: Pitched corrugated metal Walling: Corrugated metal with smooth-rendered porch Windows: Boarded over RWG: uPVC