Building record 3884/0/151 - Queens Hall Day Centre

Public halls converted to public library, now day centre. Datestone 1887.

{1} Shown as Library on 0.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

Free Library, High Street
Building constructed of sandstone. Has a date stone on the structure 'AD Saint Helliers 1887'. Now in use by Queens Hall Day Centre. The exterior structure has remained intact, but it is likely that the interior will have undergone considerable change.(Film 19 photo 15-16). (1)
Library
Parochial Library opened in Freeman's School, later amalgamated with another library and moved to Corn Exchange building, later moved to Free Library in High Street. (1)

{4} Three undated photos;

Ballinger J., 1999, Northamptonshire Extensive Urban Survey: Wellingborough (Industrial), (unchecked) (Digital archive). SNN100290.

<1> Clews Architects, 1980s, Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire, 10/112 (Digital archive). SNN102353.

<1> 1986, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, p.48 (unchecked) (Catalogue). SNN46476.

<2> 1986, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest ("Greenback"), G04 (unchecked) (Catalogue). SNN100394.

<3> Walker C., 2012, Archaeological Desk-Based Heritage Assessment of Land at High Street, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire December 2012, (unchecked) (Report). SNN109268.

<4> Photographs of buildings in Wellingborough (Photographs). SNN115387.

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