The Reading Room is a Grade II listed building in the Peak District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 June 1984. Public building. 3 related planning applications.
The Reading Room
- WRENN ID
- eternal-passage-yew
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Peak District National Park
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 June 1984
- Type
- Public building
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Reading Room is a public building dated 1880. It features an ashlar gritstone front with rusticated quoins, while the rest of the structure is made of rubble limestone with gritstone dressings. The north gable has moulded copings and an intermediate stone ridge stack, covered with Welsh slates that have crested ridges. The gable facing the street includes a tall Venetian window, which was originally part of a 17th-century chapel that stood on the adjacent site of the Church of King Charles the Martyr, and it now serves as the focal point of the elevation. A moulded stringcourse connects to the keyblock of the window arch. An inscription in the gable apex reads: '1880 READING ROOM'. There is also a single-storey addition from 1983 on the southeast side.
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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 1997
- Related listed building consents — 3 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
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