Description

SEATON VALLEY (part) B1322 (west side)
NZ 37 SW
Backworth.
4/19 Backworth Miners' Welfare Hall
8.2.49 (formerly listed as Backworth
Hall)
G.V.
II
House, now club. Dated 1778 on rainwater head. By William Newton for R.W.Grey. Sand-
stone ashlar; graduated Lakeland slate roof, rendered chimneys. Basement and 2 storeys,
5 x 5 bays with wings of one storey, 5 bays; of the right wing only the facade
survives. Central renewed double door and fanlight recessed in Venetian doorcase.
Rusticated basement. Sash windows with glazing bars, those on upper floors in
architraves; ground floor windows have fluted friezes and cornices, with pediments
to those in bays 2 and 4. Ground floor and sill bands; dentilled eaves cornice
continuing across pediment over central 3 bays; blocking course. Rear central
pediment. Hipped roof. Wings: arcaded, central 3 bays project slightly; doors in
outer bays blocked except at right in left wing. Interior: entrance hall has
Venetian arch; cast iron grate and radiating-patterned hearth in ground floor
left room. Interior gutted by fire.

Listing NGR: NZ3006272044

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26637802

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Recommended Books

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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair