Dishforth Village Hall

{{Short description|Historic building in Dishforth, England}}

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Dishforth Village Hall is a historic building in Dishforth, a village in North Yorkshire, in England.

Dishforth had a church in the mediaeval period, but it was entirely rebuilt in 1791, as a rectangular building, with a west porch, and an east gallery. From 1884 to 1885, it was restored and extended by James Mallinson. The church was grade II listed in 1987.{{NHLE |desc=CHRIST CHURCH WITH WALL, RAILINGS AND GATES WITH OVERTHROW |num=1150514 |access-date=19 July 2024}}{{cite book |title=A History of the County of York North Riding: Volume 2 |date=1923 |publisher=Victoria County History |location=London |url=https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/yorks/north/vol2/pp70-80 |access-date=19 July 2024}} The church closed in about 2006, and was converted into a new village hall, replacing a wooden structure. The work was undertaken by Dishforth Parish Council, and included a new roof and floor, kitchen and toilets.{{cite news |title=Village hall gets its official launch |url=https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/4164839.village-hall-gets-official-launch/ |access-date=19 July 2024 |work=Northern Echo |date=2 March 2009}}

The church is built of sandstone, with stone slates on the body of the church, and grey slate on the apse. It consists of a three-bay nave, a west porch, a north aisle, and a polygonal apse. The porch is gabled, and contains a doorway with a pointed arch, above which are two oculi, and a gabled bellcote. Enclosing the forecourt on the west and south sides is a low wall with pointed coping and a wrought iron railing. At the entrance are gates, and an overthrow with scroll decoration and a lantern bracket.{{cite book| last1 =Grenville| first1 =Jane| last2 = Pevsner | first2 = Nikolaus | author2-link = Nikolaus Pevsner | series= The Buildings of England| title =Yorkshire: The North Riding| publisher =Yale University Press | year =2023 | orig-year=1966 |location =New Haven and London | isbn =978-0-300-25903-2 }}