Listed Building: MANSFIELD COMMUNITY ARTS CENTRE (2.1.141)
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Grade | II |
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Authority | |
EH LBS Legacy ID | 391716 |
Date assigned | 21 March 1994 |
Date last amended |
Description
Former Carnegie library, now community centre. Dated 1904, converted c1975. Brick with ashlar front and dressings, and hipped slate roof behind parapet. Baroque Revival style. Plinth, first-floor sill band, main cornice, plain coped parapet with stepped panelled central pedestal. 2 storeys; 1:3:1 bays. Recessed central bay flanked by single 12-pane sashes in the side bays. Beyond, set back narrow single bays, the right one with an 8-pane sash. Central loggia with 2 Doric columns in antis, linked by a railing. Glazing bar cross casement flanked by smaller 10-pane casements. Above, massive central pediment extending to the main cornice, with swagged keystone and containing a moulded semicircular recess. In the recess, a renewed inscribed panel with swags, flanked by enriched pilasters and allegorical figures. On either side, a square porch with Doric pilasters and broken pediment, the left one with a wooden-framed glazing bar casement with apron, the right one with a late C20 wrought-iron screen and door. INTERIOR has entrance hall with wooden paybox in Baroque Revival style, with round-headed window under broken pediment, flanked by single windows, and to right, a door. Cantilever concrete dogleg stair with wrought-iron balustrade. Single-storey reading room has 5-bay blind arcade and gabled glazed clerestorey roof. (EH)
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Location
Grid reference | Centred SK 53983 61267 (39m by 28m) |
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Map sheet | SK56SW |
District | Mansfield |
Civil Parish | Mansfield, Mansfield |
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Record last edited
Apr 29 2015 11:39AM