Survey Data
Reg No
14806002
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Social
Date
1930 - 1970
Coordinates
211522, 224391
Date Recorded
30/09/2004
Date Updated
--/--/--
Description
Detached gable-fronted single-cell parochial hall, built c.1950, with side porches to east and west. Set in its own yard. No longer in use. Pitched slate roof with terracotta ridge cresting, rendered chimneystack and metal vents. Roughcast render to walls with smooth plinth and crenellated parapet to entrance gable and porches at northern end. Rendered plaque to front elevation reads: 'St Mary's Parochial Hall'. Blocked square-headed window openings to entrance gable and side elevations, with painted sills. Blocked round-headed door opening to entrance gable with stone threshold. Square-headed door openings to side porches with timber doors, overlights and sidelights, accessed by concrete threshold steps.
Appraisal
Saint Mary’s Parochial Hall in Ferbane portrays some interesting architectural elements. The most notable of these features is a parapet to the entrance gable and flanking side bays. Reflective of crenellations, the coping detail is more decorative than defensive. The ridge cresting is a popular nineteenth-century detail and contrasts here with the structure's overall twentieth-century character, borne from varied use of renders and linear design. As a publicly used structuret, Saint Mary's hall is of social interest within the town.