The Village Centre

The Village Centre, formerly known as Old Hungate Hospital, is a Grade II listed grammar school and village hall built in 1619, with later additions and alterations. It was founded under the will of Robert Hungate. The building is constructed of magnesian limestone, which is now largely covered in cement render, and features a Welsh slate roof.

The structure has a U-shaped plan with an infill to the rear and stands two storeys tall, with four first-floor windows. It has a plinth and quoins. The central round-arched entrance has been altered to a multi-paned window within a wide surround that includes a moulded base, above which is a carved cartouche bearing the Hungate arms. The entrance is now located on the left return and features a 20th-century long-panel door under a Tudor arch with chamfered jambs.

On the ground floor of the front facade, there are two- and five-light mullion and transom windows, as well as an eighteen-pane sash window, all of which are topped with hood-moulds. The first floor primarily has two-light mullion windows and one single light, also under hood-moulds. The returns of the building are gabled and have moulded ashlar coping. There are ridge and end stacks. At the time of the last survey, alterations and demolition were in progress at the rear.