Description

The following building shall be added to the list:-

GREAT MASSINGHAM -
TF 7922
9/10003 The Old Reading Room

II

School, reused as reading room. Mid to late 1830s. Flemish bond
red brick. Slate roof with gabled ends, deep eaves and verges.
Small brick stack at east gable end. Plan: Rectangular 2-room
plan, central partition now removed; bathrooms heated from gable
end stacks. C20 outshut added on west end. Tudor style.
Exterior: 1 storey. 2-window south front with chamfered brick
window openings and doorway to right of centre, all with brick
hoodmoulds, the doorway with chamfered wooden frame and 4-centred
arch wooden spandrels; the windows boarded over: 3 similar small
windows on rear (N) elevation; all with chamfered wooden 3-light
frames and casements. Rusticated brick quoins and brick dentil
course below eaves. Gabled louvred ventilator on right to right
(E) of centre. External brick stack at east end with set-offs.
Interior: Exposed brick walls and central partition removed. West
(left) room ceiled. East (right) room is open to roof with king-
post and strut trusses. Chimneypieces removed from fireplaces at
either end.
Source: Depicted on the 1838 Tythe Map.

Listing NGR: TF7990722900

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26545195

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