Historic Building Details

HB Ref No:
HB12/02/032

Address :
Johnston Memorial Orange Hall Newtownbutler Co. Fermanagh BT92

Townland:
Aghagay

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Survey 2:
Record Only

Date of Listing:

Date of De-listing:

Current Use:
Hall

Former Use
Church

Conservation Area:
No

Industrial Archaeology:
No

Vernacular:
No

Thatched:
No

Monument:
No

Derelict:
No

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OS Map No:
261/7

IG Ref:
H4194 2610

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Owner Category

Orange Order

Exterior Description And Setting

A 19thC Orange Hall with projecting entrance porch aligned N-S on the S side of Main Street, Newtownbutler. Pitched artificial slate roof with a red brick chimney to S gable. A timber eaves board supports plastic rainwater goods. Walls are harled with dressed stone quoins over a cement rendered base course. All openings are sheeted over for security reasons (unless otherwise stated). N elevation is almost completely abutted by a large projecting entrance porch. The exposed section is blank. Porch has a pitched natural slate roof and ashlar stone walls over a chamfered base course. Rainwater goods are metal over advanced stone eaves. N face is flanked by two stage angle buttresses with stepped offsets. To centre is a lancet window with a flush splayed stone cill. Above is a datestone inscribed ‘The / Johnston Memorial / Orange Hall / 1889’. Left and right cheeks each have a Gothic-headed door (that to left is timber sheeted, that to right is metal sheeted). Each has a fixed pane trefoil window over. E elevation is three openings wide. All are tall narrow 1x3 timber top-hung casements with dressed stone reveals except that to left which is 1x2 with a modern six panelled door directly beneath. S gable is blank. W elevation is abutted by a lower full-length annexe. The exposed section is blank. The annexe is detailed as main block (without quoins) with a monopitched roof. S cheek is blank. W face has four infilled window openings. N cheek has a boarded window opening set to left. Setting: The Orange Hall has a paved area to front, enclosed from the road by a cast-iron railing set on a cement-rendered wall.

Architects

Not Known

Historical Information

A Weslyan Methodist Chapel is first cited in the 1860 Valuation book at this location. It is described as being well built and of dressed stone, and measured 30ft x 45ft x 2 storeys, with a 15ft x 9ft a 1 storey porch. The datestone atttests to the change of use to an Orange Hall in 1889. The original building is probably incorporated. Primary sources: 1. First Valuation town map, c.1836 (PRONI VAL 1D/4/4). 2. First Valuation book, 1836 (PRONI VAL 1B/411A). 3. Second Valuation book, Galloon Parish, Clones Union, 1860 (PRONI VAL 2B/4/7F, p.30). 4. Second Valuation town map, c.1860 (PRONI VAL 2D/4/8, plot 19). 5. Valuation Revision book, 1902 (PRONI VAL 12B/25/9D, p.92). 6. Datestone on hall.

Criteria for Listing

Architectural Interest

Not listed

Historic Interest

Not listed

Evaluation

A 19thC roadside Orange Hall with datestone, which has few external features of interest.

General Comments

Date of Survey

28 November 2000