1843 - Village Hall - Branston, Leicestershire
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N 52° 51.399 W 000° 47.897
30U E 648236 N 5858594
Originally built as a schoolhouse in 1843, this building is now the village hall.
Waymark Code: WM10D60
Location: East Midlands, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 04/17/2019
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Originally built as a schoolhouse in 1843, this building is now the village hall.
"School, now village hall. Dated 1843. Coursed squared ironstone with limestone dressings and fishscale tiled roof with stone-coped gables with finials. Single storey. 2-window ranges of 3-light stone mullion and transom windows, with hood moulds. A central doorway within a projecting gabled porch with limestone front and loop-holes to sides. Porch front has Tudor-arched opening with hoodmould. At gable apex a fine bellcote partly corbelled out, with date 1843, open arches to 4 sides and stone pyramidal roof with final. Bell and machinery within. Right end blank; left end has similar 3-light window, as has rear but the last without hoodmould. Rear also has small single-storey C20 extension."
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