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

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