Description

BOURTON AND DRAYCOTE

SP47SW BOURTON ON DUNSMORE
1724/1/10042 Village Hall
06-APR-01

II

Toll house or lodge, now village hall. Early C19; extended 1918. Gault brick, with ashlar dressings and patterned Welsh slate roof. Central brick stack set diagonally. Plinth, curved eaves brackets, formerly with posts supporting bowed front. Single storey. Square plan with bowed front and a diagonal projection at each corner containing a door; hall built at rear in 1918. Openings have splayed lintels with keystones.
Bowed front has a large fixed glazing bar window with vents in the top lights and a corniced keystone. On each side, a projection with a doorway, that to left blocked. On each side, 2 windows, those to south reglazed, those to north blocked, partly covered by mid C20 additions. Rear has 2 doorways flanked by diagonal projections, each with a blocked door.
INTERIOR: Plain, with 2 original rooms and a cupboard. Original fireplace with wooden chimneypiece.

Listing NGR: SP4340270667

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26539028

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)