Description

LAMERTON LAMERTON
SX 47 NE
3/61 Parish Room
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II

Parish room. Dated 1900, possibly incorporating earlier building. Slatestone
rubble, rendered front, slate roof with coping and rubble gable stack with cap to
right.
Possibly remodelling of earlier house, now a single-storey 1-room plan parish room
heated by right-hand end gable stack retaining its original oven at the base. To
front, off-centre to left, a 1½-storey porch, outshut to rear; asymmetrical T-plan
overall.
Single storey with projecting 1½-storey porch with 4-centred arched hollow-chamfered
doorway with long and short painted stone dressings, small 2-light 2-pane casement
above with hollow-chamfered surround and hood-mould, date plaque above, with
inscription that Reverend and Mrs J.H.B. Wollocombe erected the building on a site
presented by Viscount Ebrington as a reading room for the young men of the parish;
similar 4-light 4-pane window to right and 3-light 3-pane window to left. Right
return has oven projection at base of stack, curved with slate top, outshut to right
with straight joint and 6-pane light. Left return has blank gable end. Rear has
single storey outshut to left with door.
Interior not inspected.

Listing NGR: SX4515976899

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26399674

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Recommended Books

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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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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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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)