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Sale Room

A Grade II Listed Building in Ulverston, Westmorland and Furness

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Coordinates

Latitude: 54.1968 / 54°11'48"N

Longitude: -3.0927 / 3°5'33"W

OS Eastings: 328807

OS Northings: 478440

OS Grid: SD288784

Mapcode National: GBR 6MVX.7B

Mapcode Global: WH725.GSH2

Plus Code: 9C6R5WW4+PW

Entry Name: Sale Room

Listing Date: 19 April 1996

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1375000

English Heritage Legacy ID: 459918

ID on this website: 101375000

Location: Ulverston, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, LA12

County: Westmorland and Furness

District: South Lakeland

Civil Parish: Ulverston

Built-Up Area: Ulverston

Traditional County: Lancashire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Cumbria

Church of England Parish: Ulverston St Mary with Holy Trinity

Church of England Diocese: Carlisle

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Description


ULVERSTON

SD2878 FOUNTAIN STREET 626-1/3/33 (North side) Sale Room

GV II

Former Catholic church, later used as Oddfellows Hall and now a sale room. 1823, tower added 1832. Roughcast rubble with slate roof. Built against the east gable wall of No.31 Fountain Street (qv), with a tower at the north end, with a 5-bay side wall bordering Tarn Side and with an embattled parapet which has crocketed pinnacles which appear to be of cast-iron. The windows are pointed with hoodmoulds and have timber casements with Y-tracery. At the south end there are 2 bays, the right-hand one canted at an angle and the left-hand one with a doorway below the window. Above the doorway is a lintel with a hoodmould and with an inscription: 'ODDFELLOWS HALL'. The tower is of 3 stages, and has pointed window openings which are mainly blind, and an embattled parapet. The upper stage has paired blind openings. INTERIOR has timber and plaster ribbed vault, a gallery at the north end with a front of raised and fielded panels, the upper ones with trefoiled heads. The west wall is painted with a roll of honour commemorating Oddfellows who gave their lives in the First World War. (Rimmer, Revd JS: The Story of Ulverston: Ulverston: 1925-: 7).

Listing NGR: SD2880778440

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