Mechanics Institute is a Grade II listed building in the Bradford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 May 1975. Institution. 1 related planning application.

Mechanics Institute

WRENN ID: tired-dormer-blackthorn
Grade: II
Local Planning Authority: Bradford
Country: England
Date first listed: 5 May 1975
Type: Institution
Source: Historic England listing

Description

SE0936 BINGLEY MAIN STREET (west side) Wilsden

17/125 Mechanics Institute 5.5.75 II

Mechanics Institute now restaurant. Dated 1837. Hammer-dressed stone, Welsh blue-slate roof. 2 storeys to front and left-hand return, 3 storeys to right-hand return. 3-bay symmetrical facade. Doorway with monolithic jambs, consoles and cornice has Gothic glazed overlight. Set above is plaque engraved "MECHANICS INSTITUTION 1837 " To either side on both floors a window with projecting sill. Moulded stone gutter. Hipped roof. Right-hand return of 6 bays with 3 cottage doorways set in basement and single-light and 2-light windows to each floor.

Formerly had a library of 4,000 volumes, with a lecture room (now ballroom) and museum.

Kellys Directory - West Yorkshire, (1907), p109.

Listing NGR: SE0924136393

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