Listed Building: Queens Hall Day Centre (1371786)

Shown as Library on O.S. map. Public halls converted to public library, now day centre. Datestone 1887. Main front of squared coursed ironstone with ashlar dressings, rear of brick with slate roof. Two halls, one larger, with vestibules and ancillary rooms. Single storey. Main front of 2 gables in C17 style. That to left has a pair of large, 12-light, stone mullion windows with transoms, linked at their heads by an inscribed panel with a moulded cornice over. Small 4-light stone mulliond window above with scroll decoration to head. Ball finials at eaves and apex of gable. Gable to right in similar style with 9-light stone mullion window with transoms and inscription at head. Entrance to left of window has 4-centred moulded stone arch with "Free Library" inscribed above. Similar entrance in porch to far left. Inscription above window to left gable "Anno Domini Saint Helliers MDCCCLXXXVII" and inscription above window in right gable, "Queens Hall". Side and rear plain with casement windows. Interior: larger hall retains moulded wood surround to procenium arch of former stage.

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