Village Hall

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TM 07 SW WALSHAM LE WILLOWS THE STREET

3/118 Village Hall

GV II

Village hall. Dated 1888. Flemish bond red brick with white brick dressings. Fishscale slate roof with fleur-de-lis cresting to ridge tiles and moulded brick coping to gable parapets which have moulded brick kneelers. The east and west gables have chimneystacks with moulded white terracotta shafts; the north gable has a wrought-iron weathervane and the south gable has a small ball finial. PLAN: T-shaped, almost cruciform, on plan, with a porch to the main entrance in the north east angle. Internal arrangement not investigated. EXTERIOR: Single storey. The north front to the road is asymetrical and has a projecting gable- ended wing to the right with a 3-light ground floor window with a hood mould and a blocked round-headed opening above with a hood mould and flanking ventilation slits. 2-light windows to left and a brick porch in the angle with chamfered round arch on both sides, a ball finial on the corner of the parapet and C19 panelled inner doors. The left hand (east) gable end has 2 blind round-headed panels with linked hood moulds and a large fleur-de-lis in white brick in the gable above. The right hand west elevation is symmetrical and 3-bays, the centre gabled breaks forward with a large blind round-headed panel with a hood mould and a large quatrefoil in white brick in the gable above. The flanking bays have 2-light windows. On the plinth at the centre the foundation stone inscribed 'Walsham Public Hall. This stone was laid by Richard Martineau, President of the Walsham Institute .... 1888'. The The south gable end has a 2- light window with margin panes and 2 lancets in the gable above in white brick surrounds. All the windows are C19 and have thin moulded wooden mullions and transom bars. INTERIOR not inspected.

Listing NGR: TM0014171225