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Oddfellows' Hall, Barton-upon-Humber

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LocationHigh Street, Barton-upon-Humber, North Lincolnshire, DN18 5PD, United Kingdom
Coordinates53°41′05″N 0°26′23″W / 53.6848°N 0.43962°W / 53.6848; -0.43962
Built1864
Oddfellows' Hall
LocationHigh Street, Barton-upon-Humber, North Lincolnshire, DN18 5PD, United Kingdom
Coordinates53°41′05″N 0°26′23″W / 53.6848°N 0.43962°W / 53.6848; -0.43962
OS grid referenceTA 03150 22068
Built1864
Built forBarton Lodge of the Oddfellows' Society
Architectural style(s)Palazzo
Listed Building – Grade II
Designated9 April 1990
Reference no.1083013
Oddfellows' Hall, Barton-upon-Humber is located in Lincolnshire
Oddfellows' Hall, Barton-upon-Humber
Location in Lincolnshire

The former Oddfellows' Hall in Barton-upon-Humber is a Grade II Listed building constructed in 1864 by the Barton Lodge of the Odd Fellows Society. As well as an Oddfellows' Hall it has operated as a cinema, dance hall, roller skating rink, offices, library, and private accommodation.[1]

The hall was built in 1864 in Palazzo style with red brick and yellow-grey brick walls and a Welsh slate roof. It is a two storey building, the upper floor of which is divided into five bays on its long side and three on its narrow side - these bays are divided by articulated yellow-grey brick pilasters. The ground floor has four-pane segmented sash windows, the upper floor has paired semi-circular headed sash windows with a large eight-pane window in the centre of the long side. All the windows are below grey brick arches. It has a stepped red and blue brick cornice with overhanging eaves. The building was listed for "historic reasons as an unusually grand and architecturally pretentious friendly society hall".[1]

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