Description

BRISTOL

ST5678NW CHURCH LANE, Henbury 901-1/17/1337 (East side) 20/03/74 Village Hall (Formerly Listed as: CHURCH LANE Henbury School)

GV II

School, now village hall. 1830. By Thomas Rickman. Squared, coursed Lias with limestone dressings and slate roof. Central hall with cross-wing at each end. Tudor Revival style. 2 storeys; 3-window range. Central Tudor-arched door in label mould with a ribbed door, beneath a panel inscribed FOUNDED 1624/ BY ANTHONY EDMONDS/ REBUILT 1830; paired lancet left-hand windows in a label mould, and similar single-light windows to the right; above the door is a shallow canted oriel with ogee cinquefoil-headed lights and a crenellated parapet, and a gabled dormer with a small chamfered window; octagonal finials to the corners and to the dormer. INTERIOR: entrance hall and flight of stairs to the right, with a hall behind. HISTORICAL NOTE: the Charity School stood on the site from 1601 until the current building replaced it. (Hallen and Henbury Women's Institute: A Guide to Henbury: Bristol: 1970-: 15).

Listing NGR: ST5631378850

External Links

• Henbury Village Hall at Wikipedia
• Wikidata IDs Q26497741 Q5713085

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  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide