Barton-upon-Humber Assembly Rooms

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.

Barton-upon-Humber Assembly Rooms
The Assembly Rooms, Barton-Upon-Humber
LocationQueen Street, Barton-upon-Humber, North Lincolnshire, DN18 5QP
Coordinates53.68508°N 0.43985°W / 53.68508; -0.43985
OS grid referenceTA 0315 2206
Built1843 (as a Temperance Hall)
Built forTemperance Society
Listed Building – Grade II
Designated28 June 1984
Reference no.1346843
Location in Lincolnshire

Architecture

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

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]

  • Front elevation
  • Door detail
  • Use as a polling station (2007)
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References
  1. Historic England. "ASSEMBLY ROOMS (1346843)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 21 December 2018.
  2. "Assembly Rooms - Barton-upon-Humber - North Lincolnshire". northlincs.com. Retrieved 21 December 2018.
  3. "History of the Assembly Rooms". Community Heritage Arts and Media Project. Retrieved 21 December 2018.
  4. "Barton Town Council, Barton-Upon-Humber". Retrieved 21 December 2018.
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