The Reading Room is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 August 1984. Reading room.

The Reading Room

WRENN ID
sleeping-baluster-gorse
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Country
England
Date first listed
30 August 1984
Type
Reading room
Address
The Reading Room, Church Knowle
OS grid reference
SY 939 817
Coordinates
50.63585, -2.08709
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Reading Room is a former village reading room, now used as a store, dated 1881. It features stone walls and a slate roof, and is a single-storey building. There is a porch with a gabled roof and a round-arched opening, which contains a panelled door. Above the door, a stone plaque is inscribed with "Reading Room 1881". On either side of the porch, there are two-light casement windows with round-headed lights set under stone arches.

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Nearby listed buildings

  1. The Old Cottage Grade II 30 m
  2. The Post Office Grade II 33 m
  3. Nos 11 and 12, Including Church Knowle Stores Grade II 51 m
  4. Knowle Farm House, Including Front Boundary Wall Grade II 92 m
  5. 6 Grade II 98 m
  6. Former Farm Building Immediately East of Knowle Farm House Grade II 109 m
  7. Knowle Cottage Grade II 118 m
  8. The New Inn Grade II 142 m
  9. Boundary Wall and Gate Piers, North and West of the Old Rectory Grade II 150 m
  10. The Old Rectory Grade II 159 m