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

Orange Hall, 31 Main Street, Coagh, is a detached two-storey Orange Hall built in 1892. The building is rectangular in plan with a pitched roof and gable ends, and is substantially original.

The northeast gable forms the front elevation facing Main Street. A single-storey porch projects in front of this main gable, clad in black basalt stone. The front gable elevation features a single semi-circular headed central door opening with a painted brick surround and cut-stone hood. Above the door is a fanlight with 'Gothic' arched astragals and plywood panel infills. A plaster plaque set into the wall above displays the words "Orange Hall 1892" in relief. The apex of the gable contains an ocular window with a painted surround and a flagpole base above. The walls are clad in squared basalt rubble stone with contrasting white mortar joints, which form a distinctive and eye-catching feature. The door is a square-headed double timber panelled door with glazed panels to the top and an unglazed 'Gothic' timber fanlight. A modern signboard for Coagh and District Credit Union is fixed to the left of the elevation.

The southeast side elevation has black stone cladding to the porch area and unpainted render to the remainder. A square-headed window opening in the porch is filled in with stone cladding matching the wall, with a cut-stone sill and surround in black brick or cladding panels. To the right of the main building body is a square-headed door opening with timber door and overlight. To the left is a door opening to the upper floor with an external metal escape stair. Two square-headed six-over-six timber sash windows with painted cut-stone sills are positioned at upper level.

The rear southwest elevation is gable ended with unpainted render and no openings. A small lean-to boilerhouse with rendered walls and artificial slate roof projects to the rear. The northwest elevation is inaccessible but window openings are partially visible.

The roof is pitched slate, though the covering may be artificial slate like the lean-to. Rainwater goods are a mixture of cast-iron and plastic.

The hall is set behind the Main Street building line, creating a small front yard surrounded by a rendered wall with painted concrete coping and square corner and gate piers. This wall is clad with decorative black tile matching the building cladding. A painted iron pedestrian gate aligns with the front entrance. A tall flagpole stands next to the gate.

The building was constructed on or close to a site previously partly occupied by a blacksmith's forge. Despite its stark and almost unadorned design, the hall makes an appealing contribution to the architectural interest of the village, with the bold painted mortar joints providing distinctive visual character. The set-back position reduces its prominence within the streetscape, and neighbouring buildings are mainly two-storey domestic properties.