Survey Data
Reg No
41400615
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Social
Original Use
Hall
Date
1900 - 1910
Coordinates
268257, 341101
Date Recorded
30/03/2012
Date Updated
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Description
Detached four-bay single-storey hall, dated 1905. Pitched slate roof with polychrome brick chimneystack and eaves course, cast-iron rainwater goods and timber bargeboards. Ruled-and-lined render to front (south-east) elevation with some red brick walling visible. Roughcast render to side elevations and coursed rubble limestone visible to rear. Name and date plaque to wall to front, set within moulded render architrave surround, having applied lettering 'Mullaghpike Protestant Hall / 1905'. Round-headed window openings with render sills and replacement uPVC windows, red brick surrounds visible to some. Round-headed door opening to front having replacement uPVC door and fanlight. No openings to rear elevation.
Appraisal
This hall is named on the OS1 map as a school house, indicating that the current building was likely adapted for its new purpose. As a Protestant hall it played an important part in the social and cultural history of this area. The modest building is enlivened by polychrome brick detailing to the eaves course and the chimneystack, detailing that is particular to this area of County Monaghan. The name plaque adds contextual interest.