Col Parish Hall, Bridgend Road, Coagh, BT80 0AB

Col Parish Hall, Bridgend Road, Coagh

A detached single-storey Parish Hall built in 1956, belonging to the Church of Ireland. The building is rectangular in plan with a pitched slate roof and gable ends. A square flat-roofed porch with chamfered corners projects from the front gable, and two flat-roofed extensions project to the rear. The front Southwest gable elevation is red brick, with the porch at its centre. Above the porch is a tall metal-framed rectangular window with soldier course over, flanked by two smaller similar windows to create a Palladian window effect. Above this, in the apex of the gable, is a louvered ventilation panel, and above that a projecting shoe for a flagpole. Between the ventilation panel and windows sits a carved stone plaque reading "Tamlaght Parish Hall 1956". The porch itself is red brick with a central square-headed opening containing replacement timber double doors. Narrow rectangular metal-framed windows flank the doorway and appear on each side of the porch. Parapet concrete eaves sit on projecting concrete shoulders.

The remaining external walls are dashed render. The side Northwest elevation has five symmetrically positioned square-headed metal-framed windows with rendered surrounds, and the flat-roofed extensions behind it contain one similar window. The rear Northeast gable elevation echoes the front with Palladian window and ventilation panel; the rearmost extension has a single long casement window. The Southeast elevation matches the Northwest in arrangement but includes a square-headed door opening towards the rear. Two small square ventilation monitors with pavilion roofs sit on the ridge of the main roof. Rainwater goods are cast iron.

The hall remains in substantially original condition inside and out. It represents typical public building design of the 1950s—plain and functional with architectural honesty—and is of interest for its social function and period style. The architect is not known. The architect is not known.

The hall faces Bridgend Road with a small car park in front. A set of gates with curving red brick side walls, square piers, and decorative iron gates controls access from the road. Side and rear boundaries comprise mixed hedging and wire fencing. Neighbouring buildings are two-storey houses with front gardens, of similar date. The hall stands remote from St. Luke's Church, to which it belongs.