Kirkoswald, Main Road, Richmond Hall

James Miller, 1924. Symmetrical, T-plan, Arts and Crafts community hall situated in main street with distinctive tall, tapered, entrance bay; hall behind with steeply pitched, low sweeping roof with overhanging eaves. Stugged, coursed rubble. Large, piend-roofed windows to hall, breaking wallhead; other bi- and tripartite windows with timber transoms and mullions. Gabled single storey wings to rear forming T-plan.

E (STREET) ELEVATION: symmetrical. Central, tall, shouldered-gabled entrance bay with flanking, slightly advanced, flat-roofed single storey bays. Low steps lead to central, round-arched moulded doorway with 2-leaf boarded timber entrance door; later canopy. Carved ashlar name plaque above (see Notes); clock above. Flanking, slightly advanced, flat-roofed single storey bays with small bipartite window openings. Later wheelchair ramp with metal railing to right.

S ELEVATION: asymmetrical. 4-bay hall to centre with large, rectangular piend-roofed windows breaking wallhead. Advanced single storey gabled wing to far left. Flat-roofed single-storey bay to far righ;t with tall entrance bay to rear with small bipartite windows to upper level.

N ELEVATION: similar to S.

Predominantly multi-pane timber casement windows. Steeply pitched roofs; grey slates. Tall roof stack to rear wing.

INTERIOR: (seen, 2012). Large single hall with timber floorboards, panelling and timber stage. Distinctive, steeply pitched open timber roof with tie beams, and arch braces resting on stone corbels. Part-glazed internal doors.

GATEPIERS: pair of low, conical-capped rubble gatepiers to S.