The Old Reading Room is a Grade II listed building in the Ribble Valley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 November 1954. House. 5 related planning applications.
The Old Reading Room
- WRENN ID
- peeling-barrel-coral
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Ribble Valley
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 November 1954
- Type
- House
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
SD 6950 NEWTON NEWTON VILLAGE
The Old Reading Room (formerly listed 18/53 as Reading Room and County Library) 16.11.1954 GV II
House, late C18th and 1830. Restored in the 1960s when a 3rd storey was removed. Limestone rubble with sandstone dressings and slate roof. 2 storeys. South wall has furrowed quoins. To the right is a 2-light window with plain stone surround and square mullion. To its left is a door with plain stone surround. Further left is a wide opening with segmental head and furrowed voussoirs. On the 1st floor is a 6-light weaving window with square mullions. Stone gutter brackets. The rear wall is partly built into the hillside. The low ground-floor windows have plain stone surrounds. The two 1st floor windows have plain stone surrounds, the left-hand one being of 2 lights with a square mullion. The central doorway is approached by stone steps and has a plain stone surround with semi-circular head, projecting keystone and imposts. - The tympanum is of worn sandstone inscribed 'APN 1830'.
Listing NGR: SD6969350468
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