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HER Number:MDV80135
Name:YMCA Building, Court Street

Summary

Red brick single storey YMCA meeting hall on the south side of Court Street. Date stone indicates the building was constructed in September 1885. Has been renovated via National Lottery funding.

Location

Grid Reference:SX 752 860
Map Sheet:SX78NE
Admin AreaDartmoor National Park
Civil ParishMoretonhampstead
DistrictTeignbridge
Ecclesiastical ParishMORETONHAMPSTEAD

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

  • MEETING HALL (XIX to XXI - 1885 AD to 2011 AD (Between))

Full description

Ordnance Survey, 1880-1899, First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map (Cartographic). SDV336179.

Building not shown on the First Edition Ordnance Survey (1880s-1890s) map so date of 1885 assumed to be fairly accurate.


Ordnance Survey, 1904 - 1906, Second Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map (Cartographic). SDV325644.

Building depicted on the map but no further information available.


Ordnance Survey, 2011, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV346129.


Dartmoor National Park Authority, 2011, Staff Training Day worksheet (Worksheet). SDV347337.

Attractive single storey red brick YMCA (Young Men’s Christian Association) building on the south side of Court Street. Slate roof with gabled ends and red ridge tiles with curled finial ends. Extension to the eastern (left) side of the building with door and adjacent window and further extension to the rear. Two more windows on the main elevation all of which are surrounded with red and cream brick border. Windows are all arched. There is a verandah across the front elevation of the building and black-painted metal railings and gate flanked with brick gate posts. Building renovated via a lottery award (date unknown). Other details: Staff Training Day worksheet.


2011, Untitled Source (Photograph). SDV347348.

Photograph of the building from across the street, facing south (20110615-DNPA-YMCA Court Street-HER-80135). Other details: P:\Archaeology\HER.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV325644Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1904 - 1906. Second Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Second Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital).
SDV336179Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1880-1899. First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map. First Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital).
SDV346129Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2011. MasterMap. Ordnance Survey. Map (Digital). [Mapped feature: #106941 ]
SDV347337Worksheet: Dartmoor National Park Authority. 2011. Staff Training Day worksheet. Worksheet. A5 Stapled.
SDV347348Photograph: 2011. Digital.

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

  • EDV5095 - Moretonhampstead assessment training day

Date Last Edited:Jun 16 2011 2:29PM