Survey Data
Reg No
41306021
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Social, Technical
Original Use
Community centre
Date
1920 - 1940
Coordinates
263492, 318655
Date Recorded
01/10/2011
Date Updated
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Description
Detached single-storey corrugated-iron hall, built c.1930, comprising three-bay block, with second block to north gable end and flush with same and presenting gable-fronts to long elevations that to west being three-bay and that to east two-bay, and with lower lean-to additions to south-west and south-east corners. Now disused. Pitched corrugated-iron roof with decoratively carved timber bargeboards to gables with pinnacles and finials, and cast-iron rainwater goods. Corrugated-iron sheeted walls on concrete foundations. Square-headed window openings with two-over-two pane horned timber sliding sash windows with timber sills. Square-headed door openings with battened timber doors. Set within grounds of former Fair Field country house. Gateway and gate lodge immediately to north.
Appraisal
This building, in use as a community hall until recently, serves as a good example and a rare survivor of the age of corrugated-iron clad buildings. Such buildings are increasingly scarce. However this example demonstrates the way in which the material was combined with standard architectural components, including timber sash windows, to good effect. It is well proportioned and architecturally complete.