Description

Alexander Allan, 1925. 2 storey, 8 bay, symmetrical T plan miners welfare institute with classical details. Cream rubble sandstone with polished red sandstone dressings.

NE (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: 2 depressed arches at ground in advanced and gabled central bay; bipartite windows with round-headed pediments above; louvred oculus set in gablehead; ball finials to skewputts and gablehead. Paired single windows to both floors in flanking bays. Bipartite windows to both floors in remaining bays.

SE ELEVATION: 2 bay. Doorway at ground in bay to outer left; bipartite windows above and in bay to outer right.

NW ELEVATION: 3 bay. Canopy over opening at ground in bay to outer right. Single window to central bay. Bipartite windows in remaining bays.

SW (REAR) ELEVATION: large piend-roofed wing advanced to centre. Later single storey wing to centre. Flat-roofed additions to left and right. Replacement glazing. Grey slate piended roof; shouldered wallhead stacks.

Statement of Interest

One of the first Miners Welfares in Scotland to result from the recommendations of the Sankey Commission in 1920 that a penny per ton of coal should be levied "for purposes connected with the social well being, recreation and conditions of living of mineworkers". The building originally comprised a large assembly hall, a billiard room, a reading room and library, and quickly formed an important part of community life in the mining village.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q77772855

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Recommended Books

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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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  Farrow & Ball How to Decorate: Transform your home with paint & paper
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)