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Southwold Sailors' Reading Room

The Southwold Sailors' Reading Room is a Grade II listed building on the seafront at Southwold, England. It was built in 1864 as a place for fishermen and mariners to read, as an alternative to drinking in pubs, and also to encourage the pursuit of Christian ideals. The room has a number of historic displays of model boats and other maritime objects in glass cabinets. History The Southwold Sailors' Reading Room opened on 2 June 1864. The funds for the building were provided by Mrs Frances Rayley, the money being donated in memory of her Royal Navy husband Captain Rayley, who was born in London in 1780 and died in May 1863, having lived in Southwold in his later years. Whilst living in Southwold Captain Rayley became involved with a number of local organisations supporting the community, taking on roles such as the Chairmanship of Southwold Union Book Club. Following his death, his wife Frances decided that the building of a dedicated reading room in Southwold would provide a suitable memorial to her husband's memory. The original purpose of the Reading Room was to provide a place for sailors and fishermen to meet, read and talk. This was considered preferable to spending time and money in one of the pubs in Southwold. Ownership of the Southwold Sailors' Reading Room changed hands four times but at last, in 1972, two local sisters, Miss Nancy Fox and Mrs Joan Philpot, purchased the Reading Room building, and formed the Southwold Sailors Reading Room Association, registered charity No 1150918.\ The Southwold Reading Room Rules has strict rules that include the following prohibitions: "There shall be no Swearing, no Gambling, no Improper Language, or Bad Behaviour...neither Beer nor Spirits". Rule 8 states that "no Newspaper be retained by any Member longer than 10 minutes after it has been asked for, and that no Member on any account be permitted to take any Newspaper out of the Room". Notes External links Media related to Sailors' Reading Room, Southwold at Wikimedia Commons Southwold Sailors' Reading Room at Trip Advisor Retrieved July 2018 Official Website Retrieved 7 October 2020 Official History Retrieved 18 February 2026 Charity Register Retrieved 18 February 2026
Southwold Town Hall

Southwold Town Hall is a municipal building in the Market Place in Southwold, Suffolk, England. The building, which is the meeting place of Southwold Town Council, is a Grade II listed building. History The first municipal building in the town was an ancient guildhall which was destroyed in the great fire which engulfed the town in April 1659. A second town hall was built shortly after the Battle of Solebay in June 1672. It was a single-storey rectangular building on Bartholomew Green with a cottage attached. The historian, Agnes Strickland, speculated that it may have been built as a hospital for the wounded from the battle. After the earlier building had been demolished in 1816, a third town hall, which was also used as a school, was built to the east of St Edmund's Church and was completed in around 1817. The current town hall was commissioned by a hotelier, Thomas Bokenham, as a private house in around 1810. Bokenham acquired the Swan Hotel, adjacent to his house, in 1819. He died in about 1846 and his wife, Elizabeth, was in ill-health by the mid-1850s. The building was acquired by the borough council and, by the late 19th century, was operating as a town hall. The design involved a symmetrical main frontage with three bays facing onto the Market Place; in the left hand bay, there was a doorway with a rectangular fanlight flanked by pilasters supporting an entablature and a modillioned cornice. The other two bays on the ground floor formed an opening for the horse-drawn fire engine, while the bays on the first and second floors were fenestrated with sash windows. On the first floor, there was a cast iron balcony which stretched the full width of the building. Internally, the principal room was the council chamber on the first floor. The building continued to serve as the headquarters of the borough council for much of the 20th century, but ceased to be the local seat of government when the enlarged Waveney District Council was formed in 1974. Instead it became the meeting place of Southwold Town Council. References
Royal Oak, Wigan

The Royal Oak (officially listed as the Royal Oak Hotel) is a Grade II listed public house on Standishgate in Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. Thought to date from the mid to late 18th century, it was later extended and altered. As of November 2025, its freehold is owned by the Inn The Bar group. History The building is thought to have been constructed in the mid to late 18th century, according to its official listing, with an early addition on the left and subsequent enlargement and alteration. The 1908 and 1942 Ordnance Survey maps mark the building as a public house, with no attributed name. On 11 July 1983, the Royal Oak Hotel was designated a Grade II listed building. As of November 2025, the pub's freehold is owned by the Inn The Bar group. Architecture The building is likely constructed of brick and has painted stucco walls, with a painted stone base and detailing, a slate roof and brick chimneys. It has a rectangular plan with rooms arranged front and back, along with several later extensions to the rear. The front has three storeys with five windows arranged in a 1–2–2 pattern, broadly symmetrical apart from the left‑hand bay. The entrance sits between the two pairs of windows and is framed by Tuscan half‑columns supporting a later timber pediment. All the windows are 12‑pane sashes, with shorter ones on the top floor, each set on raised sills and topped with distinctive triple keystones. There is a large chimney along the main roof ridge to the left and another at the right‑hand gable. See also Listed buildings in Wigan Listed pubs in Greater Manchester References
Saltford House

Saltford House is a Grade II listed building in the village of Saltford, Somerset, England. History The house was built in 1771. It was probably built for his own use by the architect Thomas Bennett. The three storey limestone building has a central door with ionic half columns on either side. The gateways and garden walls were built at the same time as the house. Saltford House was the home of Mary and William James. He was a lieutenant-colonel of the East India Company in 1817 when they were in Cawnpore and their daughter Julia was born. She would be a Temperance campaigner in Shrewsbury. In 1830 the house was nearly demolished to make way for the railway, but Major James wanted such a high price that Isambard Kingdom Brunel would create a better route that would just miss the building. In 1856 it was bought by Admiral Benedictus Marwood Kelly who died there on 26 September 1867. In 2016 the local member of parliament, Jacob Rees-Mogg unveiled a blue plaque at the house commemorating the time when the admiral was resident. References
Tiverton Town Hall

Tiverton Town Hall is a municipal building in St Andrew Street in Tiverton, Devon, England. The structure, which was the meeting place of Tiverton Borough Council, is a Grade II listed building. History The first municipal building in Tiverton was a medieval guildhall built on the site of the old St Thomas's Chapel in around 1615. The guildhall incorporated magistrates' court facilities as well as the local gaol. Following significant population growth, in part associated with the local lacemaking industry established by John Heathcoat in the early 19th century, Tiverton became a municipal borough in 1835. In the 1860s, after finding the guildhall too small, civic leaders decided to demolish the old building and to erect a new town hall on the site. The new building was designed by Henry Lloyd in the Renaissance style, built by a former mayor of the town, Samuel Garth, in ashlar stone at a cost of £12,000 and was officially opened in May 1864. The design involved an asymmetrical main frontage on the corner of Angel Hill and St Andrew Street; the central section of five bays featured, in the middle bay, an arched doorway flanked by Corinthian order columns supporting an entablature. On the first floor, there was a round headed window flanked by Corinthian order columns supporting an entablature and a segmental pediment and, on the second floor, there was a mullioned window flanked by Doric order pilasters supporting a segmental pediment containing a clock in the tympanum, above which there was a central turret with a steep slate roof; the clock (given by the Mayor, John Lane, in 1869) was by J. B. Joyce & Co of Whitchurch. The bays on either side of the middle bay were canted and the outer bays in the central section were curved. There was also a left hand section of two bays which contained, in the extreme left hand bay, a square tower with blind arches on the first and second floors and a turret above. Internally, the principal rooms were the council chamber and the mayoralty room. The town hall continued to serve as the headquarters of the borough council for much of the 20th century but ceased to be the local seat of government when the enlarged Tiverton District Council was formed at The Great House in St Peter Street in 1974. The building subsequently became the local Citizens Advice office as well as the meeting place of Tiverton Town Council. An extensive programme of refurbishment works, to a design by Jonathan Rhind Architects was completed in December 2006. Works of art in the building include a portrait by Godfrey Kneller of King George I, a portrait by an unknown artist of King George II and a portrait by Joshua Reynolds of King George III. Other items include a portrait by William Thomas Roden of the former local member of parliament and Prime Minister, Viscount Palmerston, a portrait by an unknown artist of the industrialist, John Heathcoat, and a bust of Viscount Palmerston which was presented to the town by a former mayor, William North Row. References
Capitol, Scarborough

The Capitol is a historic building in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, a town in England. The building was designed by Edwin Sheridan Evans and constructed between 1928 and 1929. It opened as a variety theatre with a fly tower, orchestra pit, dressing rooms and 2,100 seats, but was principally used as a cinema. In the 1970s, it was renamed as the "Classic Cinema", but this closed in 1977, and it was converted into a Mecca Bingo hall. The building was grade II listed in 2000. Closure of the club was announced in November 2025. The building has a steel frame, the front is in white faience, on a plinth, and the other walls are in brick. Above the central entrance is a canopy and there are four more entrances with moulded surrounds and keystones. Above the main entrance are three tall round-headed windows, over which is a pediment with a coved cornice and a cartouche. At the top is a decorated frieze with central lettering. The interior retains much of its original decoration, including the proscenium arch with ornamental ironwork either side and a Classical frieze above. There is a barrel-vaulted ceiling. The original organ has been removed, and the former cafe at balcony level has been converted into an additional foyer. See also Listed buildings in Scarborough (Castle Ward) References
Odeon Cinema, Holloway

The Odeon Cinema, originally the Gaumont, is a multiplex cinema in Holloway, London, England. It was built in 1938, and designed by the American architect C. Howard Crane. It is a Grade II listed building: the listing text states that "its external impact is still greater than almost any other cinema, an example of trans-Atlantic bravura." History and description The cinema is situated at the corner of Tufnell Park Road and Holloway Road. It was designed by C. Howard Crane, an American architect resident in London in the 1930s. It was a project of Hyams and Gale, who also built Gaumont State Cinema in Kilburn, London, and is similarly large, originally seating 3,006 in one auditorium. Hyams and Gale was acquired by Gaumont-British before the cinema opened. There was a restaurant, seating 220, above the entrance; theatre facilities included an orchestra pit, dressing rooms and rehearsal rooms. The first film shown, on 5 September 1938, was The Hurricane. The building was damaged on 8 November 1944 by a V-1 flying bomb; the external walls and foyers survived, but the interior was destroyed. After reconstruction, the cinema re-opened on 21 July 1958, showing the film Run Silent, Run Deep. The building, on a wedge-shaped site, has at the corner a rectangular tower, faced with faience. Above the entrance, the tower has windows with engaged columns, and friezes with a scroll design. There is a lower wing to the tower, also faced with faience, to the left on Tufnell Park Road. To the right there is the auditorium block, of brick, with a parade of shops below. The cinema was renamed the Odeon in 1962; in 1973 three screens were installed, and later there were eight screens. From 2019, when it was converted to an Odeon Luxe Cinema, there are seven screens. References External links Media related to Odeon, Holloway at Wikimedia Commons
Howlettes Mead

Howlettes Mead is a Grade II listed detached house at 48 College Road in Dulwich Village, in the London Borough of Southwark, SE21. The house is set in 2 acres of grounds. It was built in 1777 and altered in the early 19th-century. The house has 3 storeys with 2 main bays and a porch with Doric pilasters References
Cross and Star Church, Southwark

The Cross and Star Church is a Grade II listed historic church affiliated with the Brotherhood of the Cross and Star in the Elephant and Castle area of the London Borough of Southwark. The church is located north of the former Heygate Estate and is on the corner of Falmouth Road and County Street. History The church was constructed in 1888 as a Welsh Presbyterian Chapel. The church is in the mixed style of Queen Anne and Romanesque Revival. In 2016, the church was added to the Heritage at Risk Register by Historic England. The Welsh congregation ended in 1982 at the point it had dwindled to just 20 members. The Brotherhood of the Cross and Star congregation started in 1985. References See also List of churches in London
St Hedda's Church, Egton Bridge

St Hedda's Church is a Catholic parish church in Egton Bridge, a village in North Yorkshire, in England. A Catholic chapel was in existence in Egton Bridge by 1743, and it was replaced by a church in 1790. In 1867, it was replaced by the current, larger, church, while the old church was converted into St Hedda's Catholic Primary School. The church was designed by Hadfield and Son. A pieta with a timber canopy were added to the west end in 1900. The building was grade II listed in 1998. The church is built of stone with Welsh slate roofs and terracotta ridge tiles. It consists of a nave, north and south aisles, a chancel and an apse. At the west end is a pointed arch rising to a gabled bellcote with a cross finial, and a doorway with a pointed moulded arch with a hood mould and columns, above which is a circular window. Most of the other windows are lancets. Inside, there is an organ gallery at the west end, and the original wooden pews and octagonal pulpit. There is a wooden barrel vaulted roof, with decoration applied by stencil. The chancel is lavishly decorated, including a painted and gilded altar and reredos. The font is circular and was made of stone in about 1790, probably having been relocated from the old church. See also Listed buildings in Egton Hædde References External links Official website
Ambulance Station, Southwark

The Ambulance Station was a music venue that hosted punk, post-punk, indie and experimental music bands. It was located within a squatted building on the Old Kent Road in the London Borough of Southwark during the mid-1980s, and was set up by the experimental music group Bourbonese Qualk. History The building, designed by W. E. Riley, was built as a fire station by London County Council between 1903 and 1904. It replaced an older engine-house from 1869. The council acquired the neighbouring buildings to this older station and demolished them all to make space for the new one. Once constructed, it was in use by the Fire Brigade until 1969, when it was closed after a new station was built on Cooper's Road. It is Grade II listed. Anarchist music group Bourbonese Qualk set up The Ambulance Station in the then abandoned five-story building at 306 Old Kent Road. The top two floors of the squat were converted into artist studios. There were living quarters on the middle floor. The first floor included a cafe and meeting places for local anarchist groups. The ground floor was a large performance space, a recording studio, and print workshops. Canadian hardcore punk band D.O.A played a benefit for anarchist prisoners there on 29 February 1984. The 1984 Stop the City demonstration was planned in a meeting at the building. The squat also organised a benefit gig which raised £300 and saw performances by Flux of Pink Indians, Kukl (featuring a teenaged Björk) and Flowers in the Dustbin. Scottish post-punk band The Jesus & Mary Chain played there on 23 November 1984, often given as an example of their early gigs ending with tension, "riots" or violence. Also playing that night were The June Brides and Revolving Paint Dream. It was the first time seeing the Mary Chain for Geoff Travis after which he signed them to Blanco y Negro. Members of The Go-Betweens were present. C86 band Stump played their first gig there on 24 August 1985. Other bands to play included The Television Personalities, Chumbawamba, Pulp, The Mekons, The Wedding Present, Felt, Conflict, Crass, The Butthole Surfers, Primal Scream, The Boo Radleys, Swans, Antisect, Biff Bang Pow!, Jasmine Minks, The Revolving Paint Dream, and King Kurt. References
Dixon Hotel, Tooley Street

The Dixon Hotel, in Tooley Street in the London borough of Southwark, is a former magistrates' court and police station designed by John Dixon Butler. Opened in 1906, it operated as a court until closure in 2013. Subsequently sold, it re-opened as The Dixon, in honour of the building's architect, and became a hotel operating as part of the Marriott International group. It is a Grade II listed building. History and description The architect John Dixon Butler (1860-1920) succeeded his father as Architect and Surveyor to the Metropolitan Police in 1895. Apprenticed to R. Norman Shaw, Dixon Butler worked under Shaw on the designs for New Scotland Yard (south building); the position being reversed at Canon Row Police Station where Butler was the lead architect and Shaw the assisting consultant. Dixon Butler went on to design over 200 public buildings, predominantly courts and police stations, across London. Historic England describes him as "one of the most accomplished Metropolitan Police architects". His architectural style was predominantly Baroque Revival and he was much influenced by Shaw. The Dixon Hotel was designed as the Tower Bridge Police Court, latterly Tower Bridge Magistrates' Court and Police Station, in 1904 and opened in 1906. Built in stone and red brick laid in Flemish bond, the style is "Edwardian Baroque". The London: South Pevsner describes it as "quite spectacular of its date". It features doorcases with elaborate hoods, which became something of a Dixon Butler trademark. From the 1970s the Police Station at Tower Bridge was one of four bases for the Metropolitan Police’s Flying Squad, which specialised in responses to high-value armed robbery. The court closed in 2013 and was subsequently sold, re-opening as a hotel in 2019. The hotel's Courtroom Bar is located in the original magistrates' courtroom and a chandelier in the lobby is constructed from old handcuffs. The original wood panelling remains, and the judge’s bench has also been transformed into a bar, which sits beneath the judge's original oak canopy Notes References Sources Cherry, Bridget; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2002). London 2: South. The Buildings of England. Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-09651-4. OCLC 844260066. Matthews, Roger (1996). Armed Robbery: Two Police Responses (PDF). Crime Prevention and Detection. Vol. 78. London: Home Office. Saint, Andrew (2010). Richard Norman Shaw. New Haven, US and London: Yale University Press. ISBN 9-780300-15526-6. External links Tower Bridge Magistrates’ Court records held at the London Metropolitan Archive
Henry Wood Hall, London

The Henry Wood Hall is a redundant church and orchestral rehearsal and recording studio in Trinity Church Square, Southwark, London, named after the conductor Sir Henry Wood. Formerly the Holy Trinity Church, it was designed in 1823–24 by Francis Octavius Bedford. In 1970, The London Philharmonic and London Symphony Orchestras carried out an assessment of various churches in London with a view to creating a new permanent orchestral rehearsal studio in London. Following their research into disused churches, the Holy Trinity Church in Southwark was identified and subsequently opened in 1975. The hall was named after Sir Henry Wood, an English conductor best known for his association with London's annual series of promenade concerts, informally known as the Proms, after receiving a substantial donation from the Henry Wood Fund (set up to rebuild the blitzed Queen's Hall). Visiting orchestras include the St Petersburg Philharmonic and the Japan Philharmonic which have recorded and rehearsed at the venue with many others. References External links Official website
Henry Wood Hall

Le Henry Wood Hall est une ancienne église nommée Holy Trinity, qui est devenue studio de répétition et d'enregistrement orchestral. Situé sur Trinity Church Square, à Southwark, à Londres, il porte le nom du chef d'orchestre Henry Wood. L'église Holy Trinity avait été conçue en 1823-1824 par Francis Octavius Bedford. Histoire En 1970, l'Orchestre philharmonique et l'Orchestre symphonique de Londres menent une évaluation de plusieurs églises londoniennes en vue de créer un nouveau studio de répétition orchestrale permanent. A la suite de ces recherches dans des églises désaffectées, Holy Trinity à Southwark est sélectionnée. Construite en 1824, elle a servi d'église paroissiale à la paroisse de la Sainte-Trinité de 1826 à 1968. Déclarée désaffectée en 1968, elle est transformée en salle de concert et inaugurée comme studio d'enregistrement en 1975 La salle est nommée en l'honneur de Henry Wood, après avoir reçu un don substantiel du Henry Wood Fund (créé pour reconstruire le Queen's Hall détruit). Parmi les orchestres invités figurent l'Orchestre philharmonique de Saint-Pétersbourg et l'Orchestre philharmonique du Japon, qui y ont enregistré. Notes et références Liens externes Site officiel Ressource relative à l'architecture : National Heritage List for England Ressource relative à la musique : MusicBrainz Portail de Londres Portail de la musique classique Portail des monuments classés au Royaume-Uni