Bedales Memorial Library, Lupton Hall and Corridor
BEDALES MEMORIAL LIBRARY, LUPTON HALL AND CORRIDOR, CHURCH ROAD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- I
- List Entry Number:
- 1278033
- Date first listed:
- 16-Mar-1954
- List Entry Name:
- Bedales Memorial Library, Lupton Hall and Corridor
- Statutory Address:
- BEDALES MEMORIAL LIBRARY, LUPTON HALL AND CORRIDOR, CHURCH ROAD
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Official list entry
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- I
- List Entry Number:
- 1278033
- Date first listed:
- 16-Mar-1954
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 11-Aug-1988
- List Entry Name:
- Bedales Memorial Library, Lupton Hall and Corridor
- Statutory Address 1:
- BEDALES MEMORIAL LIBRARY, LUPTON HALL AND CORRIDOR, CHURCH ROAD
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.
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.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- BEDALES MEMORIAL LIBRARY, LUPTON HALL AND CORRIDOR, CHURCH ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Hampshire
- District:
- East Hampshire (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Steep
- National Park:
- South Downs
- National Grid Reference:
- SU 74289 25132
Details
STEEP CHURCH ROAD SU 72 NW 9/48 Bedales: Memorial Library, Lupton Hall and corridor (formerly listed as 'Bedales New Hall and 16.3.54 Memorial Library') I A hall/theatre of 1911 and library of 1922 by Ernest Gimson, forming an L-shaped block (designed as buildings, with unbuilt gymnasium and laboratories, round a quadrangle), and an open corridor linking the hall to the main school block. The hall exterior has walls of handmade local bricks in English bond, with plain open- ings: the end gables have kneelers and large circular openings, there is a semi- circular (staircase) projection. The roof of plain tiles has four triangular ventilating gablets just below the ridge, and glazed gables at each side of the building. Regular fenestration of small windows, and a doorway under a hood adjoining the staircase. The west gable is masked below the circular window by a narthex, which has three semi-circular windows; to its south side is attached an open corridor protecting a flight of steps and then turning at right-angles to con- tinue to the main block, with a central carriage opening. Interior: there are 6 bays separated by prominent roof trusses, with king posts, collars, arch braces, and crucks resting on short brick piers. The library has similar details, with its two long elevations of Elizabethan style, showing a two-storeyed range with a deep parapet, lintel weathered bands, triple lights and two full-height bays (one of greater projection having the staircase within): there is a projecting porch with a gable above an arched doorway, approached by a flight of steps. Interior: the feature of the building is the barn-like timber frame of seven bays, with two- storeyed aisles: the massive framework includes King posts, arch braces to tie- beams and wall-plates, and wide floorboards. The furnishings are contemporary. The corridor has a tile roof, supported on trusses (reflecting the idiom of the buildings) with crucks on tie-beams, with verticals (arched on the inside) resting on a brick wall. The wider spacing of the through roadway is capped by a taller hipped roof.
Listing NGR: SU7464025294
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 143243
- 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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