| Oddfellows' Hall | |
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| Location | High Street, Barton-upon-Humber, North Lincolnshire, DN18 5PD, United Kingdom |
| Coordinates | 53°41′05″N 0°26′23″W / 53.6848°N 0.43962°W |
| OS grid reference | TA 03150 22068 |
| Built | 1864 |
| Built for | Barton Lodge of the Oddfellows' Society |
| Architectural style(s) | Palazzo |
Listed Building – Grade II | |
| Designated | 9 April 1990 |
| Reference no. | 1083013 |
  Location in Lincolnshire | |
The former Oddfellows' Hall in Barton-upon-Humber is a Grade II Listed building constructed in 1864 by the Barton Lodge of the Odd Fellows Society. As well as an Oddfellows' Hall it has operated as a cinema, dance hall, roller skating rink, offices, library, and private accommodation.[1]
Architecture
The hall was built in 1864 in Palazzo style with red brick and yellow-grey brick walls and a Welsh slate roof. It is a two storey building, the upper floor of which is divided into five bays on its long side and three on its narrow side - these bays are divided by articulated yellow-grey brick pilasters. The ground floor has four-pane segmented sash windows, the upper floor has paired semi-circular headed sash windows with a large eight-pane window in the centre of the long side. All the windows are below grey brick arches. It has a stepped red and blue brick cornice with overhanging eaves. The building was listed for "historic reasons as an unusually grand and architecturally pretentious friendly society hall".[1]
History and use
The hall was built in 1864 by the Good Design Lodge at a cost of £1,000. In around 1911 it was re-purposed as Barton's first cinema, the “Electric Picture Theatre”, and showed silent movies. Latterly it was used by a theatre company and in the 1930s as a roller skating Roller rink. During the Second World War it was used as a dance hall. After the war the large hall was divided into offices for the Ministry of Labour and other governmental departments, with a public library on the ground floor.[2]
The top half of the building, containing the hall, currently stands empty and the divided ground floor are private apartments. A blue plaque was erected on the building by the Barton Civic Society to highlight its former function.[3]
Gallery
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Oddfellows Hall from the corner of High Street and Queens Street -
Oddfellows Hall, High Street side -
Oddfellows Hall, Queens Street side -
Queen's Street door detail -
High Street door detail -
Blue plaque
References
- ^ a b Historic England. "Oddfellows Hall, Barton upon Humber (1083013)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
- ^ "Heritage Attractions: Odd Fellows' Hall". Barton-upon-Humber.org.uk. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
- ^ "Barton Civic Society Plaques". Barton Civic Society. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
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