Description

SJ 46 SE WAVERTON C.P. THE VILLAGE (East Side)

2/26 The Waverton Men's Institute and attached caretaker's house

GV II

Institute and house: c.1890 in style of John Douglas for the 1st Duke of Westminster. English bond orange Ruabon brick with blue brick diapering and buff sandstone dressings. Welsh slate roof with red tile ridge and ridge brick chimney with 4 twisted Tudor-style stacks. 1 and 2-storey, 5-bay front. Left 3 bays, divided by buttresses, are the one storey institute with 3-light mullioned and transomed windows with leaded coloured glazing. On the ridge above is a tall octagonal spired, shingled louvre, with lucarnes and ball finial. 4th bay projects slightly under gable and has heavy corbel table at 1st floor. 3-light windows in each floor and right end bay.

Listed for group value only.

Listing NGR: SJ4619663470

External Links

• Wikidata Q26599586

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