Survey Data
Reg No
22817042
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Historical, Social
Original Use
Building misc
In Use As
Building misc
Date
1830 - 1870
Coordinates
268881, 100103
Date Recorded
27/05/2003
Date Updated
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Description
Detached five-bay single-storey hall, c.1850, on a cruciform plan with single-bay single-storey gabled higher projecting bays to west and to east having single-bay single-storey flat-roofed lower flanking porches to west, and single-bay single-storey canted elevation to south. Renovated and extended, c.1975, comprising single-bay single-storey flat-roofed lower projecting bays to east. Now in part use as library. Pitched slate roofs (polygonal to canted elevation) with red clay ridge tiles, iron vent to ridge, terracotta finials, rendered chimney stacks, timber bargeboards (having spoked detailing to gables), and iron rainwater goods on timber eaves. Flat bitumen felt roofs to porches and to additional ranges with timber eaves. Painted rendered, ruled and lined walls with cast-iron clock face to gable to projecting bay to east having rendered surround, and unpainted roughcast walls to additional ranges. Square-headed window openings (Venetian-style window arrangement to projecting bays) with stone sills,and replacement timber casement windows, c.1975. Square-headed door openings with replacement timber panelled doors, c.1975. Set back from road in own grounds on a corner site with random rubble stone boundary wall to perimeter.
Appraisal
A well-composed meeting hall, sponsored by the Malcomson family, which is of particular significance in the locality as evidence of Quaker philanthropy, and for its associations with the maritime industry that has traditionally supported much of the economy of Dunmore East. Reasonably well maintained, the building retains most of its original form and massing, while replacement fittings have been installed in keeping with the historic integrity of the composition. Occupying an important corner site, the hall makes a strong visual impression in the street scene.