Building record 1404300000 - Oddfellows Hall, Well Street, Buckingham

Situated towards the south-western end of Well Street, just prior to the point where the road bends towards the west, is Oddfellows' Hall. Prominently situated on the south-eastern side of the street, Oddfellows' Hall forms the focus to views looking in a south-eastern direction from the junction with Church Street and St. Rumbold's Lane. The Oddfellows' Society is a national movement which undertakes primarily charitable work and was just one of a number of philanthropic societies that flourished during the Victorian era. The Oddfellows' Hall in Buckingham was constructed in 1891 to a design by the architect F. A. Parkes. Built of brick with stone dressings, it is one and a half storey with a centrally positioned gable facing onto Well Street. This gable contains an ornate central doorway with brick piers and decorative stone capitals and spandrels. To either side of the doorway are four pane stone mullion and transom windows with decorative coloured glass. Above the entrance is a similar six light stone mullion and transom window with a date stone above. This is a decorative and flamboyant building that is prominently positioned on a bend and forms the focus to views looking in an eastward direction from the junction of Well Street, Church Street and St. Rumbold's Lane. This is a local building of note within the Conservation Area of Buckingham (B1).