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Eastgate Hall Community Centre, Eastgate, Peebles

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Eastgate Hall Community Centre, Eastgate, Peebles — category B listed building-listed church in scotland-central, United Kingdom.

16th Century wall leading to the base of a tower at Peebles - geograph.org.uk - 1059880

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Typical visit
30 min–1 h
  • Free entry

About

Eastgate Hall Community Centre, Eastgate, Peebles is a category B listed building-listed church in scotland-central, United Kingdom, registered on the Historic Environment Scotland register (entry LB39165). Listed status protects buildings and structures of special architectural or historic interest. See the linked Wikipedia article for further details.

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Heritage listing

Category B Date Added 29/03/1995 Local Authority Scottish Borders Planning Authority Scottish Borders Burgh Peebles NGR NT 25368 40520 Coordinates 325368, 640520 — 1871-2. Aisleless early gothic church with corner tower and spire. Squared and snecked whinstone rubble with cream sandstone rock-faced dressings. base course; chamfered reveals; hoodmoulded openings with foliate and head stops; pointed-arch lancet windows; shoulder-arched doorways with pointed-arched hoods and ashlar tympana. TOWER: 2-stages; off-set gabletted corner buttresses. 1st stage with doorway to S; small bipartite window above, tripartite window on E return. 2nd stage with tall louvred bipartite windows. Tall broach spire of rock-faced ashlar with gablet ashlar lucarnes, pyramidal ashlar corner finals to base. NAVE: 6-bay with bipartite lancets to each bay. S front with paired gabled doorways to centre, carved panel with tree of life to tympanum, boarded doors with decorative iron hinges, colonnette-mullioned tripartite windows flanking; tall stapped tripartite window above with plate tracery and ashlar mullions; triangulated cusped oculus to finialled gablehead. Tower to right (see above). To left near matching truncated tower with 1st stage as above; 2nd stage with vesica-shaped oculus; pyramidal roof. Rear (N) elevation gabled with stepped tripartite window and oculus to gablehead. Small diamond-shaped leaded panes. Purple slates. — Alterations to form theatre and arts centre by Richard Murphy Architects 2002-2004. List description updated as part of Theatres Thematic Study 2010.

From Historic Environment Scotland under OGL v3.

Place summary

Eastgate Hall Community Centre is located in Eastgate, Peebles, in central Scotland. This building is designated as a category B listed building, reflecting its architectural and historical significance.

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Coordinates
55.6525, -3.1876
Postcode
EH45 8AD
Parliamentary constituency
Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale
Phone
+44 1721 725777
Official site
eastgatearts.com

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Eastgate Hall Community Centre, Eastgate, Peebles?
Eastgate Hall Community Centre, Eastgate, Peebles is in central Scotland, United Kingdom (postcode EH45 8AD).
Is Eastgate Hall Community Centre, Eastgate, Peebles a listed building?
Eastgate Hall Community Centre, Eastgate, Peebles is officially recognised as category B listed building listed.
Is Eastgate Hall Community Centre, Eastgate, Peebles free to visit?
Yes, Eastgate Hall Community Centre, Eastgate, Peebles is free to enter.
How do I get to Eastgate Hall Community Centre, Eastgate, Peebles?
Drivers can navigate to postcode EH45 8AD. It sits within the Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale parliamentary constituency.