The Queen's Hall, Charlestown

Robert Rowand Anderson, 1887. Community hall; L-plan to N; rectangular section to S; Scots 17th century style. Crowstepped gables throughout; harled; pebbledashed section to S. Ashlar surrounds to openings, stacks, quoins and eaves course.

W (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: pedimented ground floor window to left, breaking eaves; Earl of Elgin's Coronet and initials 'M L E' (Mary Louise, Countess of Elgin) in tympanum. Gable wall to right; tripartite window; taller central window with corniced pediment; tympanum inscribed; 'THE QUEENS HALL'. Window lintels inscribed; 'ERECTED IN THE JUBILEE YEAR OF QUEEN VICTORIA'. Ashlar chamfered corner to right; cyma recta cornice; inset panel with Elgin coat of arms. Pedimented window, breaking eaves in right return. Flat-roofed porch; 2-leaf glazed door between left L-plan section and right parallel section. Crowstepped gable set back to right; 1st floor window in apex. Gabled section in front; 2 basement windows; 3 windows above.

N ELEVATION: advanced central door; crowstepped porch; advanced flat-roofed window to left. Pedimented window to left; breaking eaves. Advanced gable to right; 2 windows; corniced gable apex stack; ashlar quoins.

E ELEVATION: advanced gable wall to left; window to left; blocked up window to right. Gable wall set back to right; tripartite window; taller central window with corniced pediment. Tall stack to left between parallel gable walls; corniced stack; ashlar quoins.

S ELEVATION: door to far right; 5 windows to left; blocked basement window to far left.

Varying glazing patterns; predominantly 12 and 6-pane timber sash and case windows. Pitched roofs; red clay tiles; ashlar crowsteps. 2 rooflights to S, 1 to N of S section. Projecting ventilation grilles in L-shaped section roof. Decorative cast-iron hoppers.

INTERIOR: not seen, 2000.