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The Village Hall

A Grade II Listed Building in Finningley, Doncaster

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Coordinates

Latitude: 53.4848 / 53°29'5"N

Longitude: -0.9907 / 0°59'26"W

OS Eastings: 467070

OS Northings: 399150

OS Grid: SK670991

Mapcode National: GBR PXJ4.9J

Mapcode Global: WHFFG.RNFV

Plus Code: 9C5XF2M5+WP

Entry Name: The Village Hall

Listing Date: 11 January 1988

Last Amended: 16 March 1988

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1151558

English Heritage Legacy ID: 334764

ID on this website: 101151558

Location: Finningley, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, DN9

County: Doncaster

Civil Parish: Finningley

Built-Up Area: Finningley

Traditional County: Nottinghamshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): South Yorkshire

Church of England Parish: Finningley

Church of England Diocese: Sheffield

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Description


SK69NE FINNINGLEY OLD BAWTRY ROAD
(west side)
8/63 Parish Council Rooms
- II
The entry shall be amended to read:-

SK69NE FINNINGLEY OLD BAWTRY ROAD
(west side)
8/63 The Village Hall
(formerly the Finningley
C of E School)
- II

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SK69NE FINNINGLEY OLD BAWTRY ROAD
(west side)
8/63 Parish Council Rooms
-
- II
School now parish council rooms. Converted from an C18 barn into school
c1839 (Woodhouse pp 40-41); altered. Painted brick, renewed pantile roof.
1-storey, 5 bays. Central doorway with wide, studded door in eared
architrave; shaped plaque above has arms and inscription:
'THIS SCHOOL AND THE ADJOINING HOUSE/WERE PRESENTED TO THE PARISH/
OF FINNINGLEY/AND ENDOWED WITH AN ANNUAL INCOME OF/TWENTY POUNDS/
BY/JOHN HARVEY ESQ/OF ICKWELL BURY/AD 1855'
Other bays have projecting stone sills to large C20 casements with glazing
bars beneath flat arches with keystones. Dentilled eaves. Remains of wooden
bellcote at right end of ridge. Rev. Woodhouse (op.cit) notes that in 1836
£100 was given by John Harvey to buy a church clock; the money was eventually
used to convert this building from a barn into a school room, (the freehold
of which was given to the parish in 1855).
Rev. G. A. Woodhouse, Finningley, 1877.


Listing NGR: SK6707099150

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