Cupola From Old Town Hall On West Side Of Park is a Grade II listed building in the Kingston upon Hull, City of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 January 1994. Cupola.
Cupola From Old Town Hall On West Side Of Park
- WRENN ID
- bitter-iron-frost
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Kingston upon Hull, City of
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 January 1994
- Type
- Cupola
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
KINGSTON UPON HULL
TA0830 PEARSON PARK 680-1/14/440 (West side) Cupola from old Town Hall on west side of park
II
Cupola from old town hall. Designed 1862-66 by Cuthbert Brodrick and resited when the Town Hall was demolished in 1912. Ashlar with cast-iron and lead finial. Circular base of 3 steps, carrying a drum with moulded round-arched openings and a deep cornice with moulded brackets. Above, an ogee dome with a ring of moulded oval openings near the base and a wavy incised line above them. At the top, a deeply fluted cap with an elaborate finial. This building is a fragmentary survival of one of the 2 major buildings designed by Brodrick in his native town. His Royal Institution in Albion Street was destroyed in World War II. (The Hull Dock Offices 1787-1976: Rumsby, J H: Hull: 3).
Listing NGR: TA0842330342
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