Oddfellows' Hall, Barton-upon-Humber

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Oddfellows' Hall
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LocationHigh Street, Barton-upon-Humber, North Lincolnshire, DN18 5PD, United Kingdom
Coordinates 53°41′05″N0°26′23″W / 53.6848°N 0.43962°W / 53.6848; -0.43962
OS grid reference TA 03150 22068
Built1864
Built forBarton Lodge of the Oddfellows' Society
Architectural style(s) Palazzo
Listed Building – Grade II
Designated9 April 1990
Reference no.1083013
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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]

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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]

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References

  1. 1 2 Historic England. "Oddfellows Hall, Barton upon Humber (1083013)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 28 December 2018.
  2. "Heritage Attractions: Odd Fellows' Hall". Barton-upon-Humber.org.uk. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
  3. "Barton Civic Society Plaques". Barton Civic Society. Retrieved 28 December 2018.