Village Hall
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Location
| Street: | Hillside |
| Town: | Forest Row |
| Parish: | Forest Row |
| Council: | Wealden District Council |
| County: | East Sussex |
| Postcode: | RH18 |
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| Object setting: | Road or Wayside |
| Access is: | Public |
| Location note: | Set between Hillside and London Road opposite the War Memorial |
| In the AZ book: | East Sussex |
| Page: | 11 |
| Grid reference: | L9/M9 |
| The A-Z books used are A-Z East Sussex and A-Z West Sussex (Editions 1A 2005). Geographers' A-Z Map Company Ltd. Sevenoaks. | |
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Makers
| Name : | J.M. Brydon |
| Role: | Architect |
| Company/Group : | Job Luxford, Forest Row |
| Role: | Builder |
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General Information
| Commissioned by: | Henry Ray Freshfield, Kidbrooke Park |
| Construction period: | 1892 and rebuilt in 1895 following a fire |
| Unveiling date: | 04/11/1892 |
| Work is: | Extant |
| Owner custodian: | Forest Row Village Hall Management Committee |
| Object listing: | Grade II: of special interest warranting every effort to preserve them |
| Building listing: | II |
| Description: | The building consists of two storeys. The ground floor is built using ashlar. The first floor oversails the ground floor and is hung with fishscale tiles. Sprocket eaves with a tiled roof. There are two bays on the ground floor comprising 2 tiers of 5 lights. A central projection forms a porch with wooden columns in half timbering with the gable above filled with elaborate plasterwork. The building has later brick additions to the rear. |
| Inscription: | ERECTED BY HENRY RAY FRESHFIELD OF KIDBROOKE PARK ANNO DOMINI MDCCCXCII IN MEMORIAM |
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Classification
| Categories: | Commemorative, Architectural, Functional |
| Object type1: | Building |
| Subject type1: | Non-figurative |
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Object Parts
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Object Condition
| Overall condition: | Good |
| Risk assessment: | No known risk |
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History
| History: | The Hall is a registered charity. |
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References
| Source 1 : | |
| Title: | 'A Centenary Celebration of Forest Row Village Hall 1892-1992' |
| Type: | Book |
| Author: | Byford, Eric C. |
| Publisher: | Forest Row Village Hall Management Committee |
Further information: | |
| #http://forestrowvillagehall.org/# | |
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Photographs
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