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Posted: 02 Jul 2013

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St Gwrhai's Church Hall

St Gwrhai's Church Hall
St Gwrhai's church hall at Penstrowed just to the west of Newtown, Powys. The adjacent church gets all the attention in the texts I have been able to locate so far. The Clwyd-Powys Archaeological Trust website rabbits on about the nineteenth century church building and completely ignores this little gem.

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 GrahamH
GrahamH club
Would you have noticed this hall if you hadn't been to Australia? Interesting how the design results in there being eaves, something I keep noticing the lack of in UK buildings compared with Australian ones. I think about this as my house has an addition which has no eaves on the East and West and so rain gets in open windows unlike the rest of the house.
10 years ago.
tarboat club has replied to GrahamH club
The eaves are an essential feature in the UK for obvious reasons. :-) The Australian trip included great interest in the corrugated iron buildings there but I was already photographing such buildings several years ago. Here's a similar example.

The Coffee Tavern
10 years ago. Edited 10 years ago.
 GrahamH
GrahamH club
When I think of eaves I think 1-2 ft rather than only enough to mount guttering and to keep vertical rain from the walls etc. Here in Aus the rain often isn't vertical and it's good to keep the summer sun off the walls.
10 years ago.
tarboat club has replied to GrahamH club
Yes, that's a fair point about Australian rain. :-)
10 years ago.
 Amazingstoker
Amazingstoker
Lovely, and you're right, it is a 'little gem', always something charming about 'tin tabernacles'
10 years ago.

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