NHER 13247 (Building record) - Assembly Rooms

Assembly Rooms.

Red brick, five bays, two storeys, three bay pediment (S1). Pevsner (S1) and Kelly date to 1817, but the orders for the bricks are dated 1776-8.
Details from Information from NCM Bolingbroke Collection.
Compiled by E. Rose (NAU). Information from record card (S2).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 21 February 2024.

January 1973. Listed, Grade II.
Listing Description excerpt:
"1776-1778, with south front added 1817 by William Newham. Repairs and alterations in 1950s. Red brick; roof of black-glazed pantiles. South front stuccoed. Exterior: west front of one storey in a five-window range. Central three bays broken forward and rebuilt in 1950s. Central six-panelled door….Outer bays with original brickwork and dentil eaves cornice. Hipped roof. South front of one storey...Plain parapet. Shallow gabled roof. Interior: south door leads to wide entrance passageway and to reception room at right angles: three doorways with lugged surrounds. South windows have lugged internal surrounds. Suspended 20th-century ceiling. Three folding doors lead to main assembly room lit...Gallery at north end."
Information from (S3).
Please consult the National Heritage List for England (S3) for the current listing details.
P. Watkins (HES), 21 February 2024.

Architects plans (S4) in file.

February 2010.
The assembly rooms have undergone an extensive programme of repairs and refurbishment,
See (S5) for further details,
H. White, (NLA), 28 April 2010