The Church Hall (Former School)

SW 72 NW CONSTANTINE VICARAGE TERRACE, Constantine

8/113 The Church Hall (former school) - II

School, originally a National School, now the church hall. Dated 1864. Granite rubble with granite dressings. Asbestos slate roof with gabled ends and deep eaves with granite corbel brackets. Small granite ashlar stacks at gable ends with cornices. Plan: Rectangular on plan. A large hall open to the roof with an entrance porch to the left of centre. The left end of the hall has a sliding partition but this may be a later alteration. At the right hand end there is a separate single storey section with a lower roof and a doorway at the front ; this is said to have been formerly used as a kitchen but was probably, originally the school mistress's room. The roof of the main hall is now ceiled. Exterior: One storey, plus an attic at the left-hand (east) end. Asymmetrical 5-bay front, the right-hand is under a lower roof. To the left of centre a large gabled proch with ornate bargeboards a 2-light window with cusped headed lights and a Latin cross above dated 1864 and a doorway at the side with a 4-centred arch frame with spandrels and a boarded door. There is a similar doorway at the right-hand end of the front. The other windows are 4-light mullion transom windows, all in chamfered granite openings with hoodmoulds. To the right of centre a lateral stack with a tall red brick shaft which rises from the roof. Rear elevation has 3 4-light wooden mullion transom windows and one similar 3-light window which is in a gabled projection to right of centre. To the left of centre a C20 wooden lean-to with a corrugated iron roof. Interior: The roof structure of the main hall is now ceiled. Built as a National School for 120 children. Source: Kellys Directory, 1883.

Listing NGR: SW7299029105