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Memorial details

Memorial type
Hall / Institute
District
Derwentside
Town
Lanchester
County
Durham
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918)
Maker
Mr Thompson March of Lanchester (Mason)
March & Ledger of Lanchester (Joiner)
Dowson Brothers of Gateshead (Plumber)
J E Nelson of Gateshead (Slater)
Mr J E Taylor LRIBA of Lanchster (Designer)
Ceremony
  • Opened
    Date: 16th February 1923
    Attended by: Colonel Hereward Sadler
  • Opened
    Date: 29 Nov 1924
    Attended by: Lady Sadler
  • Dedicated
    Date: 16th February 1923
    Attended by: Bishop of Durham
  • Show More (2)
Lost
Lost
WM Reference
41767

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Previous locations
  • Memorial Hall
    Front Street/Kitswell Road junction
    Lanchester
    Derwentside
    Durham
    DH7 0HZ
    England

    OS Grid Ref: NZ 16371 47739
    Denomination: Undefined
Description
Hall of Pelaw Brick with Norton stonework and slate. The hall seated 450 with a stage, cloakrooms, anterooms, a ladies parlour, kitchen and caretaker's house, all on a 1/2 acre site. The Hall was 50 feet long x 34 feet wide and a 12 foot stage. The cloakrooms were each 13 feet square, the Ladies Parlour was 27 feet x 18 feet, and the kitchen 12 feet x 10 feet with a boiler house beneath
Inscription
(NONE)
Inscription legible?
yes
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 0
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 0
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Undefined
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Hall
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Brick, Stone, Slate
Condition
History
1924: EXTENSION TO PROVIDE LIBRARY AND BILLIARD ROOM ADDED; In later years became the Empress Cinema, then a labour exchange and a warehouse. By 2017 old people's flats are on the site; 1985: HALL WAS DEMOLISHED AS IT HAD OUTLIVED ITS PURPOSE. PLAQUE WHICH WAS IN THE PORCH WAS MOVED TO THE COUNCIL OFFICES. SEE NIWM 41766
Costs

Site: NIL
Comments: The original hall cost £3,800. In 1924 a library & billiard room extension was built costing £1,582. The site was given by the Greencroft Estate
Memorial: £5,939

Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Sponsorship
Private
Details: By Mr Luke Thornton who had lost a son, Luke, in the war
Reference

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