Orange Hall, 31 Main Street, Coagh, Cookstown, BT80 0EN

A detached two-storey multiple bay Orange Hall, built 1892. It is rectangular in plan with a pitched roof and gable ends. The northeast gable is the front elevation. This bay projects in front of the main gable forming a large single-storey porch area, which is clad in black basalt stone. The front northeast gable elevation has a single semi-circular headed central door opening with painted brick surround and cut-stone hood. The fanlight has 'Gothic' arched astragals and plywood panel infills. Above this is a plaster plaque set into the wall with the words “Orange Hall 1892” in relief. In the apex of the gable is an ocular window with a painted surround and flagpole base above. It is clad in squared basalt rubble stone with contrasting white mortar joints. The door is a square-headed double timber panelled door with glazed panels to the top and an unglazed ‘Gothic’ timber fanlight over. To the left of the elevation is a modern signboard for “Coagh and district Credit Union”. The side southeast elevation has black stone cladding to the porch area; there is unpainted render to the remainder. A square-headed window opening in the porch is filled in with the same stone cladding as the wall. It has a cut-stone sill and a surround, either in black brick or cladding panels. To the right of the main body of the building is a square-headed door opening with timber door and overlight. To the left is a door opening to the upper floor with metal external escape stair. There are two square-headed six-over-six timber sash windows with painted cut stone sills to the upper level. The rear southwest elevation is gable ended unpainted render with no openings. A small lean-to boilerhouse with rendered walls and artificial slate roof projects to the rear. The side northwest elevation is inaccessible but some window openings can be seen obliquely. External walls are stone-clad to the front porch and unpainted smooth render to the remainder. The roof is slate and pitched to the main house and two-storey return. The roof covering cannot be seen from the ground but may be artificial slate like the lean-to. Rainwater goods are a mixture of cast-iron and plastic. Setting: The hall faces the Main Street with its gable end but is set behind the building line, creating a small yard to the front which is surrounded by a wall a rendered wall with painted concrete coping and square corner and gate piers. This is clad with a decorative black tile to the front, similar to the cladding on the building. There is a painted iron pedestrian gate in line with the front entrance. The neighbouring buildings are mainly two-storey domestic. The set-back position of the hall reduces its prominence. A tall flagpole is situated next to the gate.