St Martin'S Parish Hall

SJ 98 NE, 7/52

MARPLE, BRABYNS BROW (north-west side), Marple Bridge

No. 19 and St. Martin's Parish Hall

G.V.

II

Schoolroom and schoolmaster's house, now parish hall and house. School 1869 and house "AH 1873" on date stone. E. Sedding. Random stone with ashlar dressings, clay tile roof and brick stacks. 4-bay school with two parallel ranges and adjoining house with central-staircase and two storeys. Pointed arch door with ashlar surround to master's house with canopy above and a 3-light chamfered mullion window to either side with plain hoodmoulds. Two similar 2-light window on the first floor with gables above. Two large brick stacks. School: stone plinth and quoins. Six and seven-light windows to bays one and two with pointed arch openings and chamfered stone mullions. Door in bay three with window above and 3-light mullion and transom window to bay four as above. Left end has twin gables with planted timbers and a C20 extension. Interior has arch-braced roof trusses to main hall and an inserted floor to the rear. Included for group value.

Listing NGR: SJ9630089372