The Gilbert Hall

The Gilbert Hall is a village hall that was originally built as a school in the 1870s for the children of workers on the Gilbert Estate by the Hon. Mr. Davis Gilbert. It later served as a Penny School, then a Church of England School, and has been used as a village hall since 1927. The building is constructed of granite rubble with granite dressings and features a Welsh slate roof with gable ends.

The original structure had a rectangular schoolroom with two windows at the front flanking a fireplace, one window at the rear middle, and a doorway at the right-hand end. In the late 19th century or early 20th century, a square classroom was added to the left-hand end, lit from the gable end, along with a lean-to porch at the right-hand end.

The exterior displays a symmetrical two-window front on the right with a central weathered stack and tall gabled dormer windows on either side. The building has a plinth and 20th-century windows, except for the original three-light window at the rear, which features three cast-iron latticed casements. Inside, the walls are plain plastered, and there is a canopied boarded ceiling.