Building record 7324/0/8 - Dryden Hall, School Street

Former school, now village hall. Built in the 1860s by Sir Henry Dryden of Canons Ashby. Built of coursed ironstone rubble with ashlar quoins and a prominent gabled frontage onto School Street. Locally listed building.

{1} A former school constructed in the 1860s, resourced and designed by Sir Henry Dryden of Canons Ashby, and named after him. The building is built of coursed ironstone rubble with ashlar quoins and a prominent gabled frontage onto School Street. St Mary’s churchyard perimeter wall connects directly to the western side of the building. It has a small cross gable to the east, and a roof of Welsh slate which has coped gables and decorative ironstone kneelers. The main window in the street elevation is neo-gothic in style with ironstone transoms and trefoil tracery. It has a decorative ironstone hood mould and the glass is largely fixed lead casement with diamond-pattern muntins. Above this is a smaller rounded slit window with ashlar surround. The small cross gable contains simple timber casements, painted white and a traditional 20th century “Woodford Halse Village Centre” sign denoting its current use. A glass lean to and flat roofed brick extension have been added to the rear.

<1> Daventry District Council, 2020, Woodford Halse and Hinton Conservation Area Appraisal and Management Plan, p. 76-7 (Policy Document). SNN111974.

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Feb 20 2025 4:16PM