The Guildhall

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The Guildhall

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BEVERLEY REGISTER SQUARE TA 0339 (west side)

9/304 The Guildhall 1.3.50 GV I

C15, altered internally in 1762-4 by William Middleton, with a porticoed front of 1832 by Charles Mountain Jnr. Front in sandstone ashlar with tetrastyle Greek mutular Doric portico to full height, surmounted by triangular pediment,. Columns fluted from about 5 feet above the ground, Centre doorway has architrave, frieze, consoles and cornice. 2 windows with architraves and cornices. 1st floor band, above which is a large projecting tablet. The interior is very important, with the Court Room having a coved plaster ceiling elaborately decorated by Guiseppe Cortese with a bas-relief of Justice in the centre. Cortese also provided the handsome Royal and Town arms and other original fittings include Chippendale chairs. Stucco work to the walls. Doric columns and matching balusters of the small stair were formerly part of Hawksmoor's Minister galleries, removed in 1826. The richly carved frame to the Mayor's seat is based on the 3rd edition of Chippendale's 'Director' by Edmund Foster of Hull. Apsidal Jury Room, with panelled walls and a fine chimney piece. Judgement seat of 1604. The Mayor's parlour is a top-lighted room of circa 1836. N M R

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