Full Report for Listed Buildings
The list description is not intended to be a complete inventory of what is listed: it is principally intended to aid identification. By law, the definition of a listed building includes the entire building (i) and any structure or object that is fixed to the said building and ancillary to it and (ii) any other structure or object that forms part of the land and has done so since before 1 July 1948, and was within the curtilage of the building, and ancillary to it, on the date on which said building was first included in the list, or on 1 January 1969, whichever was later.
Summary Description
Reference Number
25690
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
15/08/2001
Date of Amendment
15/08/2001
Name of Property
The Edith Bankes Memorial Institute
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Flintshire
Community
Northop
Town
Mold
Locality
Northop
Easting
324536
Northing
368426
Street Side
N
Location
Located at the E end of the High Street at the junction with Northop Road (A5119). In a prominent position in the village.
Description
Broad Class
Civil
Period
History
Early C20 hall and institute, probably part of the general attempt at this time to revive rural communities by providing such community buildings. It is a memorial to Edith Bankes, wife of John Eldon Bankes, of Soughton Hall.
Exterior
Civic building with Arts and Crafts influence. Symmetrical plan; single range with lower aligned ranges to front and rear, with further low ranges at right angles to the latter. Constructed of red brick with steeply pitched slate roofs, plinth and moulded eaves cornice. Prominent domed bell cupola to centre of main range. Small-pane wooden windows either under the eaves or with brick hoodmoulds, and with decorative tile sills. The entrance is to the S gable end of the front range; round-arched doorcase of moulded brick, containing double-panelled doors within a square stone surround inscribed 'The Edith Bankes Memorial Institute'. Above is an overlight fronted by iron bars in a geometrical design. The entrance is flanked by small 4-pane windows. Tall vent in gable apex with horizontal tiles at intervals. The W side of the front range has 2 windows, 4-pane to L and 2-light 4-pane to R; the E side has a symmetrical arrangement. The sides of the main range are 5-window, each window separated by a slightly curved brick buttress. The central 3 windows are tall and are carried up above the eaves under hipped gablets. Each is 2-light with horizontal glazing bars and small panes. These are flanked by 2-light 4-pane windows. The low projecting ranges at right angles to the rear range each has a 2-light 4-pane window to the gable end. The W range has a brick ridge stack and a wooden door with traceried glazed panel to the R of the front. The E range has a similar door and a 3-light 4-pane window to the R. Behind these ranges, the rear range has a gabled dormer to the W side, but the rest was not visible at time of inspection.
Interior
No access to interior at time of inspection.
Reason for designation
Listed for its architectural and social interest as an early C20 community building which is well-detailed and of good traditional design.
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