About - Wistanstow Village Hall

“Wistanstow village hall is 100 years old
and celebrating its centenary in 2025.”

An undated, but pre 1940 postcard of the village hall.

The Village Hall today.

The hall was built in 1925 by Mrs Harriet Greene in memory of her husband Mr Henry Greene and was given, along with the grounds, to the people of Wistanstow parish in 1925. The Greene family were owners of the Grove Estate which employed many of the people from Wistanstow and the surrounding area.

The building of the village hall was a truly local enterprise as the work was carried out by workmen from the estate, and all the materials from bricks and sand to stones and tiles, as well as oak, chestnut and sycamore timbers were supplied by the estate.

The timber framed hall was built using traditional methods whereby the joints were secured by large wooden pegs. When first built the hall included slipper baths for local residents and a projection room for silent films.

A bungalow and cottage either side of the main entrance provided accommodation for a district nurse and a resident caretaker.

Mrs Harriet Greene.

Mr Henry Greene

The Grove House, around 1949. Grove House was located to the west of the A49 where BritPart is now situated.

The original plans for the building of the hall. There was originally a pig sty and byre where the Greene Room now stands.

“Wistanstow village hall is 100 years oldand celebrating its centenary in 2025.”

“Wistanstow village hall is 100 years old
and celebrating its centenary in 2025.”