Village Hall is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 November 1986. Village hall. 1 related planning application.

Village Hall

WRENN ID
idle-attic-sedge
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Mid Devon
Constituency
Central Devon MP: Sir Mel Stride (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
20 November 1986
Type
Village hall
Address
Village Hall, Down St. Mary
OS grid reference
SS 742 044
Coordinates
50.82565, -3.78631
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Village Hall, formerly a school, dates from around 1880. It is constructed from snecked volcanic stone, featuring volcanic ashlar quoins and Bathstone detailing, topped with a red tile roof that has both plain and crested ridge tiles. The building has an open hall with its southern gable end facing the village green. On the left side, there are 20th-century service rooms, while the original entrance porch is located on the right side. The main block has tall gables and a continuous low moulded dripmould around the building, with the lower section of the wall slightly battered.

The south front showcases a main window consisting of three trefoil-headed lancets, with the central lancet taller than the outer ones, all set under the same relieving arch. Above this, near the top of the gable, is an oculus window featuring a quatrefoil. Each gable is topped with plain coping. The right (east) side includes a three-light square-headed stone window with chamfered mullions. There is an entrance porch at the rear under a monopitch roof. The outer side has a range of timber windows with heavy mullions, and at the front end is a two-centred arched doorway. The rear gable end has a window made up of three trefoil-headed lancets of equal height, along with a ventilator near the top of the gable. The interior has not been inspected. The old school appears to be part of the architectural scheme for the village centre by the Reverend W T A Radford.

Local climate

Village Hall receives an average of 940 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 72% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 70% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 65% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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