victoria hall community trust
Bebington
The foundation stone for Victoria Hall, Higher Bebington, was laid down in 1897,
on land donated by Miss Catherine King for the benefit of the residents of
Higher Bebington. Miss King, in the deed of conveyance, requested that the
building be designated as the village hall. Building began in the year of Queen
Victoria’s diamond jubilee and, as the Village Road upper elevation frieze
reveals, it became Victoria Hall not The Village Hall. The original hall is
constructed, as its base reveals, of Storeton stone, a local sandstone quarried
only a few hundred yards away at one of the Storeton quarries. The sandstone is
of a pale creamy colour. The upper elevations are white rendered with
intricately painted floral friezes to the top storey. The base and upper
elevations are separated by red brick banding, under a series of red clay tile
roofs.
