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Latitude: 55.0054 / 55°0'19"N
Longitude: -2.1982 / 2°11'53"W
OS Eastings: 387418
OS Northings: 567892
OS Grid: NY874678
Mapcode National: GBR FB2K.WH
Mapcode Global: WHB24.6GH3
Plus Code: 9C7V2R42+5P
Entry Name: Womens Institute
Listing Date: 12 February 1985
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1045014
English Heritage Legacy ID: 239342
Location: Newbrough, Northumberland, NE47
County: Northumberland
Civil Parish: Newbrough
Traditional County: Northumberland
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Northumberland
Church of England Parish: Warden
Church of England Diocese: Newcastle
Mechanic’s Institute, 1854, enlarged 1890; later Women's Institute.
Mechanic’s Institute, 1854, enlarged 1890; later Women's Institute.
Materials: tooled squared stone and tooled and margined raised quoins; slate roof, coped gables with kneelers, tooled and margined ashlar stepped and corniced stacks.
Two storeys and four bays beneath a pitched roof. The three ground floor windows have raised stone surrounds with broad chamfers, and there is an entrance in a similar surround to the right, fitted with a six-panelled door. The three first floor windows are similar, and there is a smaller round-headed stair window to the right. Between the ground and first floor windows are inscribed panels 'The Women's' and 'Institute' flanking a framed tablet with the inscription: 'ESTABLISHED 1848 ERECTED BY SUBSCRIPTION 1854 AND ENLARGED BY GEORGE J COOKSON 1890'
Included for historical interest.
The Newbrough Reading Room and Mutual Improvement Society (later known as the Mechanic’s Institute) was established in 1849. Having quickly outgrown their meeting room, a new building was erected in 1854, funded by public subscription. The building was subsequently enlarged by George J Cookson in 1890.
In 1948 it was gifted to the local Women’s Institute, along with a sum of £100 for decorating and renovation work. Newbrough Women’s Institute was founded in 1923 by over a hundred women from the village, and prior to acquiring the former mechanic’s Institute, they met in the adjacent town hall.
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