Parish Room

LAMERTON LAMERTON SX 47 NE 3/61 Parish Room - II

Parish room. Dated 1900, possibly incorporating earlier building. Slatestone rubble, rendered front, slate roof with coping and rubble gable stack with cap to right. Possibly remodelling of earlier house, now a single-storey 1-room plan parish room heated by right-hand end gable stack retaining its original oven at the base. To front, off-centre to left, a 1½-storey porch, outshut to rear; asymmetrical T-plan overall. Single storey with projecting 1½-storey porch with 4-centred arched hollow-chamfered doorway with long and short painted stone dressings, small 2-light 2-pane casement above with hollow-chamfered surround and hood-mould, date plaque above, with inscription that Reverend and Mrs J.H.B. Wollocombe erected the building on a site presented by Viscount Ebrington as a reading room for the young men of the parish; similar 4-light 4-pane window to right and 3-light 3-pane window to left. Right return has oven projection at base of stack, curved with slate top, outshut to right with straight joint and 6-pane light. Left return has blank gable end. Rear has single storey outshut to left with door. Interior not inspected.

Listing NGR: SX4515976899