The Village Hall is a Grade II listed building in the North Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 December 1975. Village hall.
The Village Hall
- WRENN ID
- still-paling-shade
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Devon
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 December 1975
- Type
- Village hall
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Village Hall, originally Rose Ash School Hall, was constructed in 1877, and likely represents an addition to a voluntary school established in 1847 following the formation of a School Board. The building is of stone rubble with a slate roof, featuring gabled ends with crested ridge tiles; a 20th-century brick addition is also present. The layout is an L shape, encompassing, presumably, two classrooms, positioned along the perimeter of the churchyard and near the earlier schoolroom and master's house dating from 1847. The main block runs north-south, with an east wing extending from it. A small porch provides access to the main block, and a brick lean-to has been added to the south side of the east wing.
The east elevation is asymmetrical. The main block features a three-light stone mullioned window with chamfered mullions and 20th-century timber windows. The porch block has a similar window and a 20th-century half-glazed door on its south-facing return. The east wing has a pair of stone mullioned windows with relieving arches, keystones, and a blocked window within the gable, framed by chamfered stone. A quoins on the northeast corner of the wing bears the carved date 1877 alongside the initials JTD. A late 19th/early 20th-century lamp bracket and case are affixed to the wall. A roof dormer, featuring a hipped slate roof with crested ridge tiles and 19th-century timber casements, is also present. The west elevation, overlooking the churchyard, also has a dormer. The north and south ends have three-light transomed stone mullioned windows, with the upper lights blocked internally by a lower ceiling.
The building contributes significantly to the setting of the church and forms a historically interesting group alongside the earlier school buildings to the southwest. According to Christopher Tull, the school was built on the site of two cottages, likely almshouses, previously occupied by two poor families.
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Nearby listed buildings
- Rose Ash School and School House
- Church of St Peter
- Lychgate South of the Church of St Peter
- Walls to the Walled Garden of Rose Ash House, South of the House Across the Village Green
- Chest Tomb Immediately North of the Aisle of the Church of St Peter
- Course Cottages Including Wall to the East
- Rose Ash House Including Garden Wall to the West
- Pearchay Farmhouse
- The Old Rectory
- Nethercott Manor