Mechanics Institute Number 9 With Attached Meeting Hall

SK39NE WENTWORTH MAIN STREET (south side)

4/91 No 9 with attached meeting hall (Mechanics Institute)

GV II

Mechanics Institute now house and meeting hall. 1844-45 (White's Directory). Deeply-coursed, horizontally-tooled sandstone; Welsh slate roof. 2-storey, 3-bay symmetrical front; tall single-storey wing to centre rear with addition to its right. Chamfered plinth and chamfered band beneath ground-floor sill level; clasping corner pilaster strips. 3 stone steps to C20 double-door in double-chamfered surround with Tudor-arched lintel and hoodmould. Flanking 3-light casements with horizontal glazing bars in deeply-chamfered surrounds. 3 similar windows to 1st floor; hoodmould to central window. Chamfered band beneath embattled parapet which steps up at centre above blank shield. Pilaster strips rise as embattled turrets. Left return: blind Tudor-arched opening to 1st floor; raking gable parapet; rear turret. Wing: tall, chamfered lights with renewed casements; end turrets.

Interior: ornate roof trusses in rear wing have cusped-headed subdivisions. C20 entrance lobby to left return and additions to rear right corner not of special interest.

Listing NGR: SK3875098084