Survey Data
Reg No
14322009
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Social, Technical
Original Use
Sports hall/centre/gymnasium
In Use As
Sports hall/centre/gymnasium
Date
1955 - 1960
Coordinates
316670, 266491
Date Recorded
24/06/2002
Date Updated
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Description
Detached multiple-bay single-storey sports pavilion, built c.1956, with central projecting clock tower over entrance doors, and flanked by projecting sports halls. Pitched artificial slate roof. Pebbledash rendered walls with concrete panels. Pair of paired doors with a concrete canopy and surround forming the entrance. Cast-iron pivot windows set in groups of three with dividing concrete piers at clerestorey level. Viewing gallery to north elevation overlooking playing fields.
Appraisal
The architectural form and detail of this building is representative of architectural design in the mid twentieth century. Horizontality is create by the bands of fenestration, and by the flat roofed projecting bays along the entrance elevation. This horizontality is interrupted by the addition of the clock tower. The building retains many original features and materials, such as the cast-iron windows and concrete piers.