Weston Patrick Village Hall

This building began as a farm building, then served as a village school, and is now the village hall. It likely dates to the 17th and 18th centuries, with alterations made for use as a school between 1868 and 1917, and again when it became a village hall in 1926. Later alterations occurred in the late 20th century. The structure is timber framed with wattle and daub infill, largely hidden by 18th and 20th century weatherboard cladding; some 19th-century stretcher-bond brickwork is also present. The roof is hipped, originally thatched, and now covered with plain clay tiles, featuring a brick ridge stack between the right-hand bays.

The building appears to be based on a four-bay timber frame, with a further brick bay to the right. A brick and flint plinth is visible at the left end. The front features board doors in bays 2 and 5, with a 2-light small-pane window to the right of the door in bay 5. A bowed, 12-pane sash window is located in bay 1. A tall 19th-century cross-window is present in bay 3, and a smaller 2-light window in bay 4. Between bays 2 and 3, a cruck blade base sits on a brick plinth. At the eaves, the exposed ends of rafter feet are visible. The left gable shows a cill plate of the timber frame, visible beneath the 18th-century weatherboarding.

At the rear, the right side has old weatherboard and two 19th-century cross-windows. The left side has a 19th-century brick outshut with a board door to the right gable, and a 2-light diamond-leaded metal dormer window under a tile-hung gable. Inside the outshut, the original timber frame is exposed, with arched braces from posts to wall plate, evidence of former large square panels, and remnants of wattle and daub infill.

The interior features jowelled wall posts with straight braces to tie-beams, and boarded walls, floor, and ceiling. A dais and wainscot are present at the left end, along with four boards painted with the Ten Commandments, The Lord’s Prayer, and the Creed, likely brought from the village church following its restoration in 1868. A 20th-century board commemorates a benefactress. At the right end is a 19th-century fireplace, a step and door to the kitchen, and an inserted door to 1997 toilets. This 17th-century building retains much of its original timber-framed structure and is notable for the survival of features from its period as a village school.