Description

POTTON HATLEY ROAD TL 2249 12/31 Church Hall GV II Former school, now church hall. 1845-8. Founded by Rev W C Bidwell and paid for by subscription. Walls are of small elongated pieces of ironstone laid in herringbone pattern, Dressings are of red and yellow mottled brick, with some ashlar work to porch. Clay tiled roof with bands of fishscale tiles. Single- storeyed rectangular block. Road elevation has 3 3-light mullion and transom windows. Between 2 LH windows projects a gabled porch which breaks through eaves line. 4-centred doorway contains plank door. Gable is stone coped, with kneelers and finial. Smaller 4-centred doorway to RH, containing plank door and sheltered by gabled hood on brackets. RH gable end has large 4-light mullion and transom window with cambered relieving arch above. Narrow single light to attic apex. C20 addition to rear. Included for group value and for a treatment of materials peculiar to this part of the County.

(cf. Potton History Society: pers.comm. and notes relating to dating and accounts)

Listing NGR: TL2279549448

External Links

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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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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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  Derbyshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)