Barton-upon-Humber Assembly Rooms
| Barton-upon-Humber Assembly Rooms | |
|---|---|
 The Assembly Rooms, Barton-Upon-Humber | |
| Location | Queen Street, Barton-upon-Humber, North Lincolnshire, DN18 5QP |
| Coordinates | 53°41′06″N 0°26′23″W / 53.68508°N 0.43985°W |
| OS grid reference | TA 0315 2206 |
| Built | 1843 (as a Temperance Hall) |
| Built for | Temperance Society |
Listed Building – Grade II | |
| Designated | 28 June 1984 |
| Reference no. | 1346843 |
  Location in Lincolnshire | |
The Barton-upon-Humber Assembly Rooms is a Grade II listed building in Barton-upon-Humber, North Lincolnshire, opened in 1843 as a Temperance Hall.
Architecture
[edit]The building is two storeys in height and is built from local, red bricks capped with a Welsh slate roof. On the Queen's street frontage it has a central 6-panel door under an oblong fanlight within a pilastered doorcase with projecting cornice. This main entrance is flanked by two additional doorways, each a 4-panel door beneath an oblong fanlight. There are sashed windows with sixteen panes on the ground floor and twenty-four panes on the first floor. Each window has a channelled and cambered stone lintel with a larger central keystone. Above the first floor windows are recessed brick panels. At the top of this frontage, there is a stepped brick cornice.[1] A stone plaque above the main door is carved with the words 'Assembly Rooms'. To the left of this is a blue plaque recording its construction as a Temperance Hall in 1843.
History and use
[edit]The building was constructed in 1843 as a Temperance Hall at a cost of £700 following the formation of a Temperance Society in Barton in 1837.[2][3] In 1903 the building was closed and offered for sale.[3] In it was re-opened as the Assembly Rooms.[2]
It is currently used as the offices for Barton Town Council.[4]
Gallery
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Front elevation -
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Door detail -
Use as a polling station (2007)
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References
[edit]- ^ Historic England. "ASSEMBLY ROOMS (1346843)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 21 December 2018.
- ^ a b "Assembly Rooms - Barton-upon-Humber - North Lincolnshire". northlincs.com. Retrieved 21 December 2018.
- ^ a b "History of the Assembly Rooms". Community Heritage Arts and Media Project. Retrieved 21 December 2018.
- ^ "Barton Town Council, Barton-Upon-Humber". Retrieved 21 December 2018.