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

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26655824

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Recommended Books

• 
  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Warwickshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
• 
  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)
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  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) by Elizabeth Williamson Nikolaus Pevsner(1983-03-11)