Hornby Village Institute
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| location = Main Street, Hornby, Lancashire, England| gbgridref = SD 586 683| area = | elevation = | formed = | founded = | built = 1914–16| built_for = Colonel Foster| demolished = | rebuilt = | restored = | restored_by = | architect = Austin and Paley| architecture = Jacobean| visitation_num = | visitation_year = | governing_body = Hornby Village Trust| designation1 = Grade II| designation1_offname = | designation1_type = | designation1_criteria = | designation1_date = 3 October 2003| delisted1_date = | designation1_parent = | designation1_number = 1390686| designation1_free1name = | designation1_free1value = | designation1_free2name = | designation1_free2value = | designation1_free3name = | designation1_free3value = }}
Hornby Village Institute is a public building in Main Street, Hornby, Lancashire, England. It is considered to be important architecturally, and is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building.{{NHLE |num= 1390686|desc= Hornby Village Institute|access-date= 14 December 2012|mode=cs2}}
History
The building was designed by the Lancaster architects Austin and Paley, and was the last public building to be designed by the practice before the death of Hubert Austin in 1915.{{Citation | last = Brandwood| first = Geoff| last2 = Austin| first2 = Tim| last3 = Hughes| first3 = John| last4 = Price| first4 = James| year = 2012| title = The Architecture of Sharpe, Paley and Austin| publication-place = Swindon| publisher = English Heritage| page = 171| isbn = 978-1-84802-049-8}} It was completed in 1916, and was paid for by the lord of the manor, Colonel Foster. By the 1950s more accommodation was needed, and an extension was added to the rear in 1956, helped by a donation from Sir Harold Parkinson of Hornby Castle.{{Citation | url = http://www.hornbycrc.co.uk/hist.php| title = History of the Institute | access-date = 14 December 2012| publisher = Hornby Village Trust }} Another extension was added in 2005, designed by Harrison Pitt Architects.{{Citation | last =Hartwell| first =Clare| last2 = Pevsner | first2 = Nikolaus | author2-link =Nikolaus Pevsner| series= The Buildings of England| title =Lancashire: North | publisher =Yale University Press | year =2009 | orig-year=1969 | location = New Haven and London| page = 346| isbn = 978-0-300-12667-9}}
Architecture
The original part of the building is in Jacobean style. It is constructed in rubble stone with ashlar dressings and a slate roof. The central bay projects forward and contains a porch with a round-headed entrance flanked by pilasters. Above this are four windows, with the word "INSTITUTE" below. At the top of the bay is a semi-circular pediment containing a crested plaque. The lateral bays have four windows in the lower storey, and blind windows above.
Present day
The building is known as the Hornby Institute Community Resource Centre, and has facilities for meetings, conferences, and performances.{{Citation | url = http://www.hornbycrc.co.uk/index.php| title = Welcome| access-date = 14 December 2012| publisher = Hornby Village Trust}} Parts of the building are licensed for civil weddings.{{Citation | url = http://www.hornbycrc.co.uk/wedding.php| title = Weddings And Civil Partnerships | access-date = 14 December 2012| publisher = Hornby Village Trust}}
See also
References
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External links
- [http://www.hornbycrc.co.uk/index.php Official website]
{{City of Lancaster buildings}}
Category:Grade II listed buildings in Lancashire
Category:Buildings and structures in the City of Lancaster
Category:Austin and Paley buildings