Garage with Belfast Truss Roof, 2 Hannover Square, Coagh, Cookstown, BT80 0EF

The Department's description

Exterior description and setting

This is a detached single-storey garage, built c.1930. It is long and rectangular in plan and has a distinctive segmental-arched ‘Belfast Truss’ roof. The building is set on the corner of Hanover Square and Urbal Road.

The front North elevation faces onto Hanover Square and is gable ended. It has a square-headed window to the left with a timber casement window. There is a large square-headed door to the right.

The side East elevation has four square-headed openings, now obscured by timber or corrugated clear plastic sheeting.

The side West elevation has no openings.
The rear South elevation is covered by foliage to the boundary and is not visible.

External walls are painted render to the gables, and corrugated metal to the side East and West elevations.
The roof is also curved corrugated metal. Rainwater goods appear to be cast-iron.

Setting:
The shed is located on the prominent corner between Hanover Square and Urbal Road. There is a large tarmac area to the front, and a pavement to the side. Urbal Road and Hanover Square are largely mixed, comprised of buildings from early Victorian to mid-twentieth century.

Historical information

This Belfast Truss-roof garage was constructed sometime between 1929 and 1935, on land belonging to the large house to the immediate north-west. Previous to the plot had been occupied by three small pre-1833 dwellings, which had been ‘in ruins’ since the 1880s. The building’s first occupant was an R.J. Ferguson, and in the later 1950s and 60s, a Richard McGaw.

For a detailed history of Belfast Truss roofs see HB18/08/139.

References- Primary sources
1 PRONI VAL/12B/37/4D Annual valuation revision book, Coagh ED, 1882-91
2 PRONI VAL/12B/37/4E Annual valuation revision book, Coagh ED, 1892-98
3 PRONI VAL/12B/37/4F Annual valuation revision book, Coagh ED, 1899-1912
4 PRONI VAL/12E/169/1 Valuation plan of the town of Coagh, 1904(-08)
5 PRONI OS/8/79/1 OS town plan of Coagh, 1908
6 PRONI VAL/12B/37/4B Annual valuation revision book, Coagh ED, 1913-29
7 PRONI VAL/3B/7/4 First general revaluation of Northern Ireland, Coagh ED, 1935
8 PRONI VAL/3C/7/5 First general revaluation of Northern Ireland, Coagh ED, 1936-57
9 PRONI VAL/4B/6/6 Second general revaluation of Northern Ireland, Coagh ED, 1957-72

Criteria for listing: architectural interest

Not listed

Criteria for listing: historic interest

Not listed

Evaluation

This is an interesting example of a small single storey Belfast Trussed garage set in an urban environment. The original setting is well preserved; it is sited prominently at a crossroads adjacent to a number of substantial imposing Victorian dewllings and has local interest.

General comments

Surveyed as part of the Belfast Roof Truss survey.