Port Charlotte Hall was originally the village school - Port Charlotte School - and subsequently became the local Village Hall. It was built as a church in 1830 by the people of the village under the guidance of Reverend Malcolm MacLaurin, a Congregational Church Missionary.
The church was never completed - the balcony was never added and there seems to be no record of the building having been used as a church. It became the village school with extensions being added to the north and south. The extensions to the north were two classrooms, while that to the south was a two storey block with an outside stair. This housed the woodwork and cookery departments.
The building remained much the same until the new school was built in 1976 and it was handed back to the community. It became the Village Hall and was the venue for a variety of local activities. The restoration of the building commenced in 2006 and the final phase - the holiday cottages - were completed early in 2009.
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 Port Charlotte School |
 Primary School, Port Charlotte |
 Main Street, Port Charlotte |
 Port Charlotte's Main Street |
 Farm Animals Grazing at Port Charlotte |
 Across Loch Indaal to Port Charlotte |
 Port Charlotte Hall - Film Location |
 Class of 1911 |
 Port Charlotte School Circa 1939-1940 |
 Choir of the School in 1943 |
 Class of 1951 |
 Port Charlotte School in 1970 |
We are most grateful to Miss E Clark of Port Charlotte for her assistance in compiling the information regarding the Hall and for her generosity in allowing us to reproduce some of her very special photographs.
 Pre-Reconstruction Exterior View |
 Port Charlotte Hall Restored To Former Glory |
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Design and Project Management by Sirus Jafari, Architect, Unicorn Architecture. Refurbishment carried out by Port Charlotte Homes Ltd.
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