Holyrood Hall is a Grade II listed building in the Isle of Wight local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 February 1972. Meeting house.

Holyrood Hall

WRENN ID
final-mullion-falcon
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Isle of Wight
Constituency
Isle of Wight West MP: Richard Quigley (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
1 February 1972
Type
Meeting house
Address
Holyrood Hall, 70 High Street, Newport, Newport and Carisbrooke, PO30 1BA
OS grid reference
SZ 496 890
Coordinates
50.69921, -1.29767
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Holyrood Hall is a former Quaker Meeting House built around 1860, with some elements possibly dating back to the 17th century. It was extended in the 1890s and later served as a meeting hall for the Plymouth Brethren and subsequently as a Catholic church hall.

The building is constructed of brick, with the front (north) elevation rendered and the western gable end hung with slate-coloured tiles. The roof is gabled on the sides and covered in slates.

It has a rectangular plan with a narrow front elevation facing the High Street, maintaining the historic burgage plot width typical of the area. The north elevation is rendered, three bays wide, and sits directly on the pavement. The central bay features a Gothic arched entrance with double doors and a rolled hood moulding with label stops. To the east of the entrance is a small arched noticeboard. Flanking the entrance are two narrow, double-height, metal-framed, Gothic arched windows with ten panes, also featuring rolled hood moldings and stops. Above the entrance, there is a small square grate with a blind Gothic arched window, again with rolled label mouldings and stops.

Local climate

Holyrood Hall receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 87% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 7 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 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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