Miners' Welfare Institute is a Grade II listed building in the Doncaster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 May 2000. Welfare building.
Miners' Welfare Institute
- WRENN ID
- vast-steeple-owl
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Doncaster
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 May 2000
- Type
- Welfare building
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a miners' welfare building, constructed in 1924, with minor alterations in the late 20th century. The building is constructed of red brick and render, with faience dressings and Welsh slate roofs. It is a single-storey structure, featuring a prominent board roof over the main hall and lower, flat-roofed sections at either end.
The south-east facing entrance has a nine-window facade arranged in a 1:3:1:3:1 pattern. It features a moulded plinth, sill band, corner pilasters, and a moulded entablature at the eaves. The central entrance has an arched opening with a tiled internal porch and double-glazed doors with sidelights and an overlight. The archway has a moulded keystone and ornate spandrels, flanked by panels and topped by a bold parapet that includes a sunken panel inscribed "BRODSWORTH MINERS, 1924, WELFARE INSTITUTE," with scroll brackets on flanking piers. Three casement windows flank the entrance, the central ones being double, all with glazing bars in the upper windows, topped with faience tiled piers and wrought iron railings. Set back on either side are single windows with solid brick parapets above. Behind this facade is a broad rendered gable with brick bands and a circular blind window. The north-west facing playing-field front has an eleven-window arrangement in a 2;3;1;3;2 pattern, with similar faience decoration. A central doorway leads to double-panelled doors, topped with a hood, and a large overlight in a pilastered faience surround. A projecting central plaque is also inscribed "BRODWORTH MINERS, 1924, WELFARE INSTITUTE." The side facades are brick with alternating windows and doors.
The interior contains a large hall with a stage at one end. Rows of fluted Ionic columns support a shallow curved plaster ceiling with Greek key ribs, now partially obscured by a suspended ceiling. Original doors and doorcases remain, and a section of the original panelled bar facade is still present.
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