NHER 47150 (Building record) - The Church Hall

This church hall was originally built as a school in 1818, with extensions added in 1861. The land was given by Lord William Pierrepoint Bentinck, and the building itself funded by public subscription. This single storey red brick T-plan structure has a slate roof and a rear wing facing the road. There are stone plaques indicating the separate girls and boy entrances. This former school and schoolmaster's house, which was also an early public dispensary, retains much of the original build of 1818 in the central section and rear wing, has small extensions of 1861 and remains little altered since then. It forms part of a significant group of buildings with the Church of St Clement (NHER 2194) and No 45 Churchgate Way (NHER 42814).