The Village Hall

THE VILLAGE HALL

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Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1163063
Date first listed:
18-Oct-1988
List Entry Name:
The Village Hall
Statutory Address:
THE VILLAGE HALL

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1163063
Date first listed:
18-Oct-1988
List Entry Name:
The Village Hall
Statutory Address 1:
THE VILLAGE HALL

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This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.

For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.

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The scope of legal protection for listed buildings

This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.

For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.

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Location

Statutory Address:
THE VILLAGE HALL

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

County:
Devon
District:
North Devon (District Authority)
Parish:
George Nympton
National Grid Reference:
SS 69997 23049

Details

SS 62 SE GEORGE NYMPTON

4/75 The Village Hall -

II

Village hall, formerly the village school. 1871 with a late C20 extension. Snecked stone with stone dressings and a slate roof, gabled at ends, crested ridge tiles, stack at the junction between the 2 blocks ventilation pots on the ridge. Gothic style. Plan: L plan with 2 blocks at right angles to one another, porch at left end of main block. The small block has been extended in the C20, the extension is not included in the listing. Exterior: Single-storey. 2-bay south elevation with 2 square-headed 3-light transomed stone windows with cusped lights and ashlar relieving arches. A lean-to at the left end is the porch, with a chamfered Tudor arched stone doorframe and a stone 2-light square-headed window in the end wall. The east end wall of the main block has a Tudor arched 3-light transomed stone window with cusped lights, a hood mould and a bell in the gable. The smaller block has a 2-light square-headed window with a hood mould. Interior: Not inspected. A neat Gothic school in the village centre, with original windows.

Listing NGR: SS6999723049

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Legacy System number:
97605
Legacy System:
LBS

Legal

This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.

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