Description

William Kerr and John Gray of John Melvin and son, 1926. 2-storey 7-bay rectangular-plan former parish hall (now residential). Harled with ashlar sandstone doorway, window surrounds and margins. Prominent slated ventilator spire. Squared snecked rubble base course. Large modern extension to rear.

N ELEVATION: 2-leaf timber-panelled door in slightly advanced ashlar sandstone central doorway; channeled quoins and carved burning bush motif above door.

Shouldered moulded architrave. Bracketed stone balcony with diamond-pattern railings to full-length window on first floor. Date stone at eaves (1926).

E and W ELEVATIONS: 2 bays to main block; one upper window blocked up. Rear extension 2-bays deep with modern open stairs to first floor entrance

S ELEVATION: Symmetrical fenestration, but varying in size. Central door with round-arched fanlight. Full-length window above.

24-pane wide-astragalled sash and case windows to ground floor; 16-pane to first floor. Some modern glazing to side elevations. Swept piended slate roof with overhanging eaves and exposed rafters.

Low stone boundary walls with undecorated cast iron railings; square-plan gate piers with obelisk capstones.

Statement of Interest

St. Mungo's Parish Hall is a good example of the quality of work by this well-known provincial practice and is an important part of the streetscape at Bedford Place. Although the building has recently been converted and extended for residential use, this has not had a significant detrimental effect on the building's character and the front elevation is intact, including the fine doorpiece. It has been suggested (Swan, 1992) that this may be part of a series of buildings designed by John Gray in Kerr's office.

Conversion to housing and extension by MBM architects, 1997.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q77780609

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Recommended Books

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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5