Hornby Village Institute is a public building in Main Street,
Hornby,
Lancashire
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, England. It is considered to be important architecturally, and is recorded in the
National Heritage List for England
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as a designated Grade II
listed building
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.
History
The building was designed by the
Lancaster architects
Austin and Paley
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, and was the last public building to be designed by the practice before the death of
Hubert Austin in 1915.
It was completed in 1916, and was paid for by the
lord of the manor
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, 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. Another extension was added in 2005, designed by Harrison Pitt Architects.
Architecture
The original part of the building is in
Jacobean style.
[ It is constructed in ]rubble
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stone with ashlar dressings and a slate roof. The central bay projects forward and contains a porch with a round-headed entrance flanked by pilaster
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s. Above this are four windows, with the word "INSTITUTE" below. At the top of the bay is a semi-circular pediment
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A pedim ...
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. Parts of the building are licensed for civil weddings.
See also
* Listed buildings in Hornby-with-Farleton
* List of non-ecclesiastical works by Austin and Paley (1895–1914)
References
External links
Official website
{{City of Lancaster buildings
Grade II listed buildings in Lancashire
Buildings and structures in the City of Lancaster
Austin and Paley buildings
Buildings and structures completed in 1916
1916 establishments in England