Village Hall is a Grade II listed building in the Sevenoaks local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 May 1999. Village hall.
Village Hall
- WRENN ID
- low-granite-khaki
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Sevenoaks
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 May 1999
- Type
- Village hall
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Village Hall, also used as a chapel, was built in 1910, as indicated by an ornamental clock. This building is designed in the Vernacular Revival style and features roughcast walls, a tiled gable, and a tiled roof with roughcast and tiled chimneystacks. It has one storey and a basement, which is at ground level due to the sloping site. The front of the hall has a tall tile-hung gable with a projecting upper section and a pattern of a cross made from paler coloured tiles on the lower half, signifying its chapel function. Below the gable, there is a triple casement window. The basement has four buttresses, with the center ones being triangular and the end ones truncated triangular. It also features two cambered casement windows and a central doorcase with a cambered opening that contains a plank door. Above this door is a decorative metal plaque displaying the date 1910, a clock face, two cherub heads, and a leaf motif border.
The right side elevation has one casement window and a projecting porch at the rear with a panelled door. The left side is similar but lacks a porch and has one casement window at the rear. Inside, the hall consists of five bays, with the end bay serving as a chapel, accessed by three steps. This chapel area has decorative folding doors and a communion rail, along with close-studding and plaster infill, diagonal tension braces with criss-cross infill, and ogee-bracing on the sides. The roof structure includes two tiers of purlins and curved windbraces, with each bay supported by a kingpost and two queen posts secured with square metal pins.
The walls are adorned with oak panelling that reaches halfway up, featuring an inscription that reads, "This panelling is in loving memory of Lucy Pease Fleming who lived at Toys Hill 1896-1909 and who loved it." On the opposite side, there is another inscription: "In cherished memory of Richard, the beloved only son of Owen and Edith Fleming who fell at his post of duty at the battle of the Mareth Line, Libya on 22 March 1943, aged 24." The left side includes a vestry with built-in benches, a cupboard, and a bellrope, while the right side features a wooden winder staircase with a chamfered corner post leading to the basement.
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