The Church Hall (Former School) is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 June 1988. School, church hall. 1 related planning application.
The Church Hall (Former School)
- WRENN ID
- blind-moulding-lark
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 June 1988
- Type
- School, church hall
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church Hall, originally a National School, was built in 1864 and is now used as a church hall. It is constructed of granite rubble with granite dressings and features an asbestos slate roof with gabled ends and deep eaves supported by granite corbel brackets. The building has small granite ashlar stacks at the gable ends, each with cornices.
The structure is rectangular in plan, with a large hall that is open to the roof and an entrance porch located to the left of the center. There is a sliding partition at the left end of the hall, which may have been added later. At the right end, there is a separate single-storey section with a lower roof and a doorway at the front, which is believed to have been used as a kitchen but was likely originally the school mistress's room. The roof of the main hall is now ceiled.
The exterior is one storey high, with an attic at the left-hand (east) end. The front is asymmetrical with five bays, where the right-hand side is under a lower roof. The large gabled porch, located to the left of center, has ornate bargeboards, a 2-light window with cusped headed lights, and a Latin cross above, all dated 1864. There is a doorway at the side with a 4-centred arch frame and spandrels, leading to a boarded door. A similar doorway is found at the right-hand end of the front. The remaining windows are 4-light mullion transom windows, all set in chamfered granite openings with hoodmoulds. To the right of center, there is a lateral stack with a tall red brick chimney that rises from the roof.
The rear elevation features three 4-light wooden mullion transom windows and one 3-light window in a gabled projection to the right of center. To the left of center, there is a 20th-century wooden lean-to with a corrugated iron roof. The building was originally designed to accommodate 120 children, as noted in Kelly's Directory from 1883.
More on this building
Sign in or create a free account to unlock:
- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
Matched applications, energy data and sale records are assembled automatically and may contain errors. Flag incorrect data.
Nearby listed buildings
- 7, Vicarage Terrace
- Green Dale
- Harris Head and Foot Stones Immediately South of Tower of Church of St Constantine
- Church of St Constantine
- Lychgate immediately north of Church of St Constantine
- Chest Tomb Immediately South of Chancel of Church of St Constantine
- Cross Head in Churchyard South South East of Church of St Constantine
- The Haven
- Quilters
- Disused Drinking Fountain Opposite Number 6 Well Lane