Record Details
| NHER Number: | 42818 |
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| Type of record: | Building |
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| Name: | Old Reading Room |
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Summary
A corrugated iron reading room built in 1903, one of the earliest examples of the use of corrugated iron as a building material.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TF 61390 01813 |
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| Map Sheet: | TF60SW |
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| Parish: | DENVER, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Corrugated iron reading room built 1903 by rector for use of village. Suggested as one of the earliest examples of galvanised iron for this purpose. Threatened with demolition 1989 and proposed for listing; latter apparently not confirmed but building still shown on GIS in 2006.
(S1) in file.
E. Rose (NLA), 3 January 2006.
Monument Types
- READING ROOM (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| <S1> | Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1989. Villagers aim to get iron hut listed. 2 February. |
Related records - none