Church Hall is a Grade II listed building in the Maidstone local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 December 1983. Church hall.
Church Hall
- WRENN ID
- north-obsidian-briar
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Maidstone
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 December 1983
- Type
- Church hall
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church Hall, originally a national school, was built in the mid-19th century, specifically by 1866, by J. Clarke. It is constructed from uncoursed ragstone with ashlar dressings and features a plain tile roof. The building is oriented at right angles to the road and has a front gable end with a short, slightly recessed wing to the right and another short wing towards the rear on the long left side.
The structure is two storeys tall, standing on a chamfered stone plinth. It has two moulded stone string courses that create a band between the storeys on the gable end, with an additional lower string course on the right wing. The right wing has lower eaves, and the gable is stone-coped with kneelers, featuring angled projections and a fleur-de-lys finial. Similar gables adorn the wings.
A slightly projecting stone stack is located at the angle with the left wing. The tall window on the gable end consists of three cusped lights with a sexfoil and hoodmould. The ground-floor window features three stepped lights set in a moulded pointed-arched recess. The first-floor window in the right wing has three stepped Caernavon-arched lights, while a cusped lancet window is found on the ground floor.
To the left, there is a slightly recessed stone lean-to with a boarded door, and a taller doorway is positioned in the right wing. A bell-cote is situated on the right gable end. The right return elevation of the main range has four ground-floor windows similar to the gable end's ground-floor window, alternating with buttresses. The first floor features groups of lancets and a central dormer. A two-storey turret is located at the north-west corner, linked by a cat-walk. The interior has not been inspected. This building replaced a school designed by Butterfield, which was built in 1846.
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