The Village Hall is a Grade II listed building in the Doncaster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 January 1988. Village hall. 4 related planning applications.
The Village Hall
- WRENN ID
- moated-pier-flax
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Doncaster
- Constituency
- Doncaster East and the Isle of Axholme MP: Lee Pitcher (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 January 1988
- Type
- Village hall
- Address
- The Village Hall, Old Bawtry Road, Finningley, DN9 3DD
- OS grid reference
- SK 670 991
- Coordinates
- 53.48483, -0.99073
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Village Hall, formerly the Finningley Church of England School, is located on the west side of Old Bawtry Road in Finningley. This building was converted from an 18th-century barn into a school around 1839 and has undergone alterations since then. It is constructed of painted brick and features a renewed pantile roof. The hall is a single storey with five bays.
The central doorway has a wide, studded door set within an eared architrave. Above the door is a shaped plaque that displays the arms and an inscription stating: 'THIS SCHOOL AND THE ADJOINING HOUSE/WERE PRESENTED TO THE PARISH/ OF FINNINGLEY/AND ENDOWED WITH AN ANNUAL INCOME OF/TWENTY POUNDS/ BY/JOHN HARVEY ESQ/OF ICKWELL BURY/AD 1855'. The other bays have large 20th-century casement windows with glazing bars, which project stone sills beneath flat arches with keystones. The building also features dentilled eaves and retains the remains of a wooden bellcote at the right end of the ridge.
Historically, Rev. Woodhouse noted that in 1836, John Harvey donated £100 to purchase a church clock, but the funds were ultimately used to convert the barn into a schoolroom, which was then given to the parish in 1855.
Local climate
The Village Hall sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 91% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 68% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 4 applications
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