Survey Data
Reg No
41310035
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic, Social
Original Use
Hall
In Use As
Hall
Date
1900 - 1910
Coordinates
284416, 303791
Date Recorded
06/11/2011
Date Updated
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Description
Freestanding gable-fronted single-storey church hall with raised basement, dated 1905, having five-bay side elevations and three-bay elaborate gable-front. Two-storey rear extension added c.1960. Pitched natural slate roof, with ogee-profile cast-iron gutters. Gable-front has smooth-rendered facade framed by pilasters to ends and flanking central entrance, a with composition embellishments to gable-front, including pilasters with fluted details to ends and flanking central doorway, moulded string courses below and to parapet, with balustrade detailing, panels with moulded surrounds, that over entrance having swag, date panel below immediately over doorway, curvilinear gable with segmental pediment, moulded panels and pilasters and having panel with lettering 'Catholic Hall' below pediment. Silver-painted urns to pediment and to ends of gable-front. Side and rear walls pebble-dashed. Round-headed window openings to gable-front with timber one-over-one pane sliding sash windows. Segmental-headed door opening with paned overlight and double-leaf timber battened door, approached by steps with rendered wall having panelling. Building set back behind low chamfered plinth walls, with decorative wrought-iron railings and single and double-leaf gates set to chamfered piers with pyramidal tops. Side walls have round-headed window and door openings to west elevation, with brick surrounds, and east elevation has square-headed unembellished openings, all with one-over-one pane timber sash windows. Replacement windows to extension.
Appraisal
This hall is distinguished by its ornate and flamboyant gabled entrance front. This displays many fine render details and decorative devices, the urns adding a whimsical touch. The form of the building, a simple rectangle with a raised ground floor, is typical. Retention of timber sash windows and of pleasant boundary railings and gates enhances the heritage value of the building. Its setting, next to the Catholic church gives it group value, as well as streetscape value.