Village Hall, Mentmore
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Type
Description
Late nineteenth century village hall, built after 1879 with later extensions
Public House. Pre 1852. Coursed squared limestone rubble with limestone dressings. Tudor style. Red
tile roof. Small-pane windows with mullions inset in square-topped frames with chamfered reveals.
Prominent projecting 3 storey gable to centre of main façade, with (possibly later) lean-to porch to side
with four-centred arch with shield above. GF window to side has square drip over. Window above in tall
dormer with vertical slit over. Stone copings to gables. Blank gable to side with plain stone chimney with rebuilt upper section. Original chimney may survive at N end but in yellow brick.
Modern flat-roofed restaurant in buff header bond brick to rear with side entrance. Wall to Cheddington Rd of red brick with red engineering brick coping topped by brown stained post and rail fence round extension: wall steps down with slope. Rear large central 3 storey gable as above. Stands in a prominent position at S corner of the Green. Its substantial garden wall to Cheddington Road is a significant element in the approach to the village from the south, paired with the garden wall opposite of the former glasshouse yard.
Significance: The most imposing and significant of the C19 communal estate village buildings; a public
building in a pivotal position, has a major ornamental role in the village, survives intact. Contributes,
together with the garden and roadside wall and wall of the former glasshouse yard opposite, to the sense of arrival at the green from Cheddington.
Issues: The frontage is damaged by the tarmac car park. Setting damaged by recent building in former
glasshouse yard. A local note building within the conservation area of Mentmore (B1).
Statement of Significance
Asset type
Late nineteenth century village hall, built after 1879 with later extensions
Date Listed
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