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Stephenson Memorial Hall

A Grade II Listed Building in Chesterfield, Derbyshire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 53.2366 / 53°14'11"N

Longitude: -1.4233 / 1°25'23"W

OS Eastings: 438590

OS Northings: 371213

OS Grid: SK385712

Mapcode National: GBR 698.10J

Mapcode Global: WHDF9.3XJ5

Plus Code: 9C5W6HPG+JM

Entry Name: Stephenson Memorial Hall

Listing Date: 9 August 1976

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1334684

English Heritage Legacy ID: 83331

ID on this website: 101334684

Location: Chesterfield, Derbyshire, S41

County: Derbyshire

District: Chesterfield

Electoral Ward/Division: St Leonard's

Parish: Non Civil Parish

Built-Up Area: Chesterfield

Traditional County: Derbyshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Derbyshire

Church of England Parish: Chesterfield St Mary and All Saints

Church of England Diocese: Derby

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Description


CORPORATION STREET
1.
5169 (South East Side)
Stephenson Memorial Hall
SK 3871 SE 3/137 9.8.76.

II GV


2.
1879. Architects Smith and Woodhouse. Built by public subscription as a memorial
to George Stephenson the railway pioneer who lived at Tapton Hall and is buried
in Holy Trinity Church. Eastern wing added in same style in 1898. Gothic design.
Red brick with stone dressings and slate roof. Building generally of 2 storeys.
Irregular plan with tower set in north-west angle to Corporation Street. Tower
has short spire and corbelled parapet gabled on each facade. Paired lancets below
With string courses and a further window set above Gothic arched door. Facades
to west of tower along St Mary's Gate and Corporation Street. 2 bays each with
additional angled corner window. Gothic arched windows with dripstones, generally
unbarred sashes below. 1st floor windows with mullions and transoms set under
Gothic arches which break through eaves as gabled dormers with finials. To east
of tower, Corporation Street facade includes end (western and eastern) 2 storey
gabled advanced blocks each with fluted centre chimney flanked by Gothic arched
windows with dripstones, mullion and transoms. Lower advanced section asymmetrically
placed between these 2 wings. 1 large Gothic 3 light window in gable end. Flanking
this part, to east and west, 1 storey ranges with gabled dormers which break through
eaves; parapet and blocking course link these together. Recessed 1st floor of
main east-west section rises above these ranges and has similar dormers. The hall
and its tower are prominent landmarks Ref The Builder, July 12, 1879. p. 774.


Listing NGR: SK3859071213

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